Filadelfo Mugnos

Filadelfo Mugnos (* 1607 in Lentini, † May 28, 1675 in Palermo ) was an Italian poet and writer.

Mugnos was born in Sicily, where he lived in Palermo and also died. He studied law at the University of Catania and was a member of the Order of Christ, and of several academies of the time.

Filadelfo Mugnos wrote numerous historical works. His main work is the Teatro delle Genologico Famiglie nobili e titolate, which reports on the history of the Sicilian families. It appeared in 1674 in Palermo, and was for many centuries an equivalent to Burke 's Peerage over the Sicilian nobility. The reliability of his information but was already made ​​in Jöchers scholars lexicon in question. In the Siciliani illustri 1939 this judgment was exacerbated.