Pier Francesco Foggini
Born	2 April 1713  Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died	17 June 1783  (aged 70) Rome, Papal States
Resting place	San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
Alma mater	University of Pisa
Occupation	Librarian archaeologist

Pier Francesco Foggini or Pietro Francisco Foggini (1713 – 31 May 1783) was an Italian writer. Foggini, an Italian archaeologist, was born in 1713 at Florence, devoted himself to the Church, and was made doctor at Pisa. In 1741 he published De primis Florentinorum Apostolis, and an edition of Virgil (Florence, 4to). In 1742 Foggini accepted an invitation from Giovanni Gaetano Bottari, second librarian of the Vatican, to come to Rome, where Benedict XIV gave him a place in the pontifical academy of history, and made him sub-librarian at the Vatican. In 1775 he succeeded Bottari as librarian. He died at Rome on 31 May 1783. He devoted a great part of his life to the study of the manuscripts of the Vatican; and published, besides the works already mentioned, Epiphanius, De XII gemmis, etc. (Rome, 1743, 4to):—Epiphanius, Comment. in Cant. (Rome, 1750, 4to): — Appendix Historiae Byzantinae (Rome, 1777). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 18:35.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers.

External links

• Caffiero, Caffiero (1997). "FOGGINI, Pier Francesco". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 48: Filoni–Forghieri (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN  978-8-81200032-6.