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historian
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, mainly of the Neapolitan region.
Life
Camillo Tutini was born in Naples probably in 1594. His family originated from
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
The town is located in the north-east of Cilento, close to the mountain range of the Alburni. Its municipal ter ...
, in the province of
Salerno
Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...
. Tutini often mentioned that one of his ancestors, Landolfo Tutini, received land in Fasanella in 1246 from the Emperor Frederick II. However, by the time of Camillo Tutini's birth his family was impoverished. Camillo had four sisters – Laudomia, Ippolita, Lella, Livia and one brother – Metello..
Having reached the proper age, he entered the famous
Certosa di San Martino
The ("Charterhouse of St. Martin") is a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples, southern Italy. Along with Castel Sant'Elmo that stands beside it, this is the most visible landmark of the city, perched atop the Vomero hill that command ...
in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
, where some of his relatives had lived as monks in earlier centuries. Later at the age of about twenty-five, he left the charterhouse to continue studying and to be
ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...
a
priest
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. Between 1628 and 1630 he lived in Naples with his mother and two of his sisters. At that time, Tutini started his correspondence with
Ferdinando Ughelli
Ferdinando Ughelli (21 March 1595 – 19 May 1670) was an Italian Cistercian monk and church historian.
Biography
He was born in Florence. He entered the Cistercian Order and was sent to the Gregorian University in Rome, where he studied under t ...
, a librarian at the Vatican and the famous editor of ''Italia Sacra'', and Bartolomeo Chioccarello, with whom he closely cooperated. Thanks to his involvement he won recognition for his writing and became part of the city's scholarly and literary circles.
In 1647, he was linked to Matteo Cristiano, a leader during the Neapolitan Republic as well as to the party favoring French intervention under
Henry II, Duke of Guise
Henry II de Lorraine, 5th Duke of Guise (4 April 1614, in Paris – 2 June 1664, in Paris) was a French aristocrat and archbishop, the second son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse.
Life
At the age of fifteen, he became ...
. These links, and his praise of
republicanism
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, putatively led to the threat of arrest in Naples, and he fled to Rome under the protection of Cardinal
Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Francesco Maria Brancaccio (15 April 1592, in Canneto, near Bari – 9 January 1675) was an Italian Catholic cardinal.Francesco Barberini, having obtained several modest donations. He also worked in
Viterbo
Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo.
It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history. ...
organizing the library of Cardinal Azzolino. Tutini always struggled with poverty until he died in Rome in 1666 in the Ospedale di Santo Spirito. Several of his manuscript works are preserved today in the Brancacciana collection at the
Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III
The Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (''Victor Emmanuel III National Library'') is a national library of Italy. It occupies the eastern wing of the 18th-century Royal Palace (Naples), Palazzo Reale in Naples, at 1 Piazza del Plebiscito, ...
in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
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Tutini befriended and collaborated with many of the most prominent scholars of his age, including
Antonio Amico
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Lucas Holstenius
Lucas Holstenius, born Lukas Holste, sometimes called Holstein (1596 – 2 February 1661), was a German Catholic humanist, geographer, historian, and librarian.
Life
Born at Hamburg in 1596, he studied at the gymnasium of Hamburg, and later ...
and
Leo Allatius
Leo Allatius (Greek: Λέων Αλλάτιος, ''Leon Allatios'', Λιωνής Αλάτζης, ''Lionis Allatzis''; Italian: ''Leone Allacci, Allacio''; Latin: ''Leo Allatius, Allacius''; c. 1586 – January 19, 1669) was a Greek scholar, theolog ...
.
Works
* ''Memorie della vita miracoli, e culto di San Gianuario martire vescovo di Benevento, e principal protettore della città di Napoli. Raccolte da don Camillo Tutini Napoletano'', in Napoli, appresso Ottavio Beltrano, 1633
* ''Notitie della vita, e miracoli di due santi Gaudiosi, l'uno vescovo di Bittinia, e l'altro di Salerno: e del martirio di Santa Fortunata, e fratelli, e del loro culto, e veneratione in Napoli. Raccolte per don Camillo Tutini napoletano et date in luce ad instanza della reuer. archiabbadessa, & monache di San Gaudioso'', in Napoli, appresso Ottauio Beltrano, 1634
* ''Narratione della vita, e martirio di San Biagio Vescovo di Sebaste. Comprabata col'autorità di gravissimi autori per Don Camillo Tutini napoletano'', in Napoli, per Lazaro Scrigno, 1635
* ''Historia della famiglia Blanch'', in Napoli, nella Stamparia di Ottavio Beltrano, 1641
* ''Della varietà della fortuna, discorso di D. Camillo Tutini napoletano'', in Napoli, 1643
* ''Sopplimento all'Apologia del Terminio'', in Napoli, s.n., 1643
* Dell'origine, e fundation de Seggi di Napoli, del tempo in che furono instituiti, e della separation de' nobili dal popolo; Del supplimento al Terminio, oue si aggiungono alcune famiglie tralasciate da esso alla sua apologia, & Della varietà della fortuna confermata con la caduta di molte famiglie del regno, discorsi di don Camillo Tutini napolitano ' published by Beltrano, Naples, 1644. - About the foundation of the Seggi or Sedili of Naples (six administrative units, mainly composed of aristocrats, based on neighborhoods)
* ''Prodigiosi portenti del Monte Vesuvio'', in Napoli, s.n., 1650
* ''Rerum sacrarum sylvula. Auctore Michaele Monacho canonico Capuano. Opus posthumum. Accurante Camillo Tutino'', Romae, ex typographia reu. Camerae Apostolicae, 1655
* ''Discorsi de sette officij overo de sette grandi del Regno di Napoli di don Camillo Tutini napoletano. Parte prima. Nella quale si tratta, del Contestabile, del Maestro Giustitieri, e dell'Ammirante'', in Roma, per Iacomo Dragondelli, 1666
* Historia della famiglia Blanch ' (containing a biography of the Contemporary General Gian Tomaso Blanch who fought for the Spanish Army), by Don Camillo Tutini with supplement by Carlo De Lellis, Published by Ludovico Cavallo, Naples, 1670.