Alessandro Sozzini (1508 – April 1541, in

Macerata Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region. It has a population of about 41,564. History The historical city centre is on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza ...

) was an Italian humanist, son of

Mariano Sozzini the younger Mariano Sozzini il giovane also Socini (1482–1556) was an Italian jurist after whom the '' cautela sociniana'' is named. He was descended from Mariano Sozzini the elder (1397–1467) the first of the family of freethinkers. Mariano the younger w ...

, and the father of

Fausto Sozzini Fausto Paolo Sozzini, also known as Faustus Socinus ( pl, Faust Socyn; 5 December 1539 – 4 March 1604), was an Italian theologian and, alongside his uncle Lelio Sozzini, founder of the Non-trinitarian Christian belief system known as Socinian ...

.Paul F. Grendler The Universities of the Italian Renaissance 2011 - Page 110 "The civilian Alessandro Sozzini (1508-41), the modestly accomplished son of Mariano Sozzini the Younger, the most famous jurist of the day, arrived in Macerata in early 1541 but died on April 28. The other Sienese legist taught for the ..."

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1508 births 1541 deaths Italian Renaissance humanists

Alessandro Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baricco ...

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