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Brocchi, Giuseppe Maria

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an Italian theologian, was born at Florence in 1687. He was prior of St. Maria-aux-Ormes, near the town of San Lorenzo, also rector of the Ecclesiastical Seminary, prothonotary apostolic, and a member of the Societa Colombaria. He died June 8, 1751. He is the author of the lives of the Florentine saints, entitled Vite de' Santi e Beati Florentini (part 2, Florence, 1761, 4to). He also wrote the Life of Michele Flammini, abbot- general of the Vallombrosi (ibid. eod. 4to). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Brocchi, Giuseppe Maria'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/brocchi-giuseppe-maria.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.