This beautiful funeral monument of Francesco Ginnasi can be found on the penultimate column of the right aisle in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome (Piazza della Minerva, 42).
The Latin inscription states as follows: "D. O. M. / FRANCISCO NOBILI GYNNASIORVM STIRPE / CASTRO BONONIENSI IN AEMILIA NATO / PHILOSOPHO ET MEDICO CLARISSIMO QVAS / FACVLTATES BONONIAE PRIMVM ALEXANDRO / FRATRI SVBROGATVS DEINDE ROMAE A PIO IIII / PONT. MAXIMO ACCITVS PLAVSV MAXIMO PVBLICE / DOCVIT QVI CVM IN VRBE PER ANNOS XXX / PRINCIPVM ET ILLVSTRIVM VIRORVM GRATIA / FLORVISSET PARI TANDEM OMNIVM MOERORE / DECESSIT ANNO AETATIS SVAE LXXII MENS VIII / POST CHRISTVM NATVM ANNO M.D.LXXXVII / ET CATHARINAE PALANTERIAE EIVS VXORI / CONCORDISSIMAE QVAE VIX. ANN. LVII ET EORVM / LIBERIS IOANNI I.V.D. VARIIS PUBLICIS MVNERIBVS / LAVDABILITER PERFVNCTO QVI VIX. ANN. XXVII M.D. / ALEXANDRO IN MEDICINAE STVDIIS PATERNA / VESTIGIA FELICITER AEMVLATO QVI VIX. / ANN. XLIIII M. D. / ACHILLI IVRIS PERITISSIMO PROT. AP.LICO AD MAGNA / NEGOCIA A SVMMIS PONT. ADHIBITO CARPENCTORACTE / IN MAGISTRATV EXTINCTO QVI VIX. ANN. XLI M. D. / DYONISIO I. C. EXIMIO ILL. COLVMNENSIS FAMILIAE / CAVSARVM AVDITORI PROBATISSIMO QVI VIX. ANN. / XXXVIII M. D. / DOMINICVS GYNNASIVS ARCHIEPIS. / SIPONTINVS PARENTIBVS ET / FRATRIBVS VNICE DILECTIS P. C."1.
- Photos by Cosimo Di Fazio (July 2015)
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Bibliography
- Paolo Grandi, "Francesco Ginnasi", in "Il Cardinale Domenico Ginnasi", Faenza 1997