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 was born 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 ...

. He married Agnese Petrucci and had seven sons including

Celso Sozzini Celso Sozzini (1517–1570) was an Italian freethinker, brother of Alessandro (father of Fausto), Lelio, Cornelio, Dario, and Camillo. Celso's father Mariano Sozzini il giovane (1482–1556) had eleven sons and two daughters. Alessandro, fathe ...

Lelio Sozzini Lelio Francesco Maria Sozzini, or simply Lelio Sozzini (Latin: ''Laelius Socinus''; 29 January 1525 – 4 May 1562), was an Italian Renaissance humanist and theologian and, alongside his nephew Fausto Sozzini, founder of the Non-trinitarian Chri ...

, and Alessandro Sozzini, who died young, but was 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 ...

, became the figurehead of the Unitarian "

Socinian Socinianism () is a nontrinitarian belief system deemed heretical by the Catholic Church and other Christian traditions. Named after the Italian theologians Lelio Sozzini (Latin: Laelius Socinus) and Fausto Sozzini (Latin: Faustus Socinus), uncle ...

" movement in Poland.

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Mariano Mariano is a masculine name from the Romance languages, corresponding to the feminine Mariana. It is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars (see also ...

1482 births 1556 deaths 16th-century Italian jurists {{Italy-law-bio-stub