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

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, was the eldest but died young. Celso first taught in

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, 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.

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Celso Italian Protestants Italian Unitarians 1517 births 1570 deaths {{Italy-reli-bio-stub