an Italian theologian, a native of Venice, taught philosophy at Paris at the age of twenty-one years. He rendered himself ridiculous by his self- sufficiency and his leaning towards the marvellous. He died in 1585. His principal works are, Oratorio ad Gallos, ante quam Parisiis'de Vetere Hebraeorslm Theologia Publica Inciperet Legere (Paris, 1606): — Lettera a Fortunio ‘ Colonna (ibid. eod. ): — Dell' Italiano Professore Regio (ibid. eod.): — Parere Intorno alli Carotteri che Sono sopra il Monico del Coltello di S. Pietro, nella Chiesa Ducale di S. Marco in Venezia (Venice, 1630). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.