Celso Sozzini (1517–1570) was an Italian freethinker, brother of
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 ...
(father of
Fausto),
Lelio,
Cornelio, Dario, and
Camillo.
Celso's father
Mariano Sozzini il giovane (1482–1556) had eleven sons and two daughters. Alessandro, 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 ...
, was the eldest but died young.
Celso first taught in
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
, and was founder of the short-lived ''Accademia del Sizienti'' (1554) of Bologna,
[''Accademia dei Sizienti di Bologna, v. Sbaragli L. XLIX, 1942, pp.] of which young Fausto was a member.
References
Celso
Italian Protestants
Italian Unitarians
1517 births
1570 deaths
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