Alphonsus Ciacconius

Alphonsus Ciacconius
Bornc. 15 December 1530 Edit this on Wikidata
Baeza (Crown of CastileEdit this on Wikidata
Baptised15 December 1530 Edit this on Wikidata
Died14 February 1599 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 68)
Rome, Papal States
OccupationChurch historian, antiquarian, archaeologist Edit this on Wikidata

Don Alphonsus Ciacconius (born shortly before 15 December 1530,[1] Baeza - died 14 February 1599, Rome) was a Spanish Dominican scholar in Rome. His name is also spelt as Alfonso Chacón and Ciacono. Chacón is known mainly for two of his works: Historia utriusque belli dacici a Traiano Caesare gesti (Rome, 1576), and Vitae, et res gestae pontificum romanorum et S.R.E. Cardinalium ab initio nascentis ecclesiae usque ad Clementem IX. P.O.M. Alphonsi Ciaconii Ordinis Praedicatorum & aliorum opera descriptae (Rome, 1601).

  1. ^ 15 December 1530 is the date of his baptism.

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