Paolo Briccio

Paolo Briccio

an Italian prelate and historian, entered the order of the Recollets, was theologian of the duchess of Savoy, and had charge of a Spanish negotiation. He obtained the bishopric of Alba in l142, and died in November 1665. He published, Seraphi ''C'' ''A Subalpince D. Thomae Provinciae Monumenta Regio Subalpinorum Principi Sacra (Turin, 1647): — De Progressi della Chiesa Occidentale per Sedici Secoli (Carmagnole, 1648,1650; Turin, 1652). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.