Scipione Ammirato

Scipione Ammirato (* October 7, 1531 in Lecce, † January 11, 1601 in Florence ) was an Italian historian.

Scipione Ammirato came from a patrician family from Lecce in the Kingdom of Naples, which was originally from Tuscany. His father appointed him for a career as a lawyer, but his literary interests, which he pursued from 1547 during his stay in Naples until 1551, took him from this. He entered the service of the Church and resided for some time in Venice, and later he entered the service of Pope Pius IV in 1569 he went to Florence, where his patron Duke Cosimo I was. He made him in the Medici palace to live under the condition that he write a history of Florence. This Istorie Fiorentine are the work that made him famous. During his lifetime, but only the first part was published in 1560, contains the history of Florence until 1434. In 1595 he was a canon of Florence Cathedral, after he had still his doctorate with almost 65 years in theology. Other works by Scipione Ammirato are comments on Tacitus, where he led the political struggle with the ideas of Machiavelli, and genealogies of the families of Florence and Naples.