Animuccia, Paolo

ANIMUCCIA, Paolo, brother of the foregoing, but whether older or younger does not appear. Pitoni, with inaccuracy, takes upon himself to doubt the relationship altogether; but Poccianti, who was their contemporary, distinctly affirms it, speaking of Paolo as, ‘Animuccia, laudatissimi Joannis frater.’ He was made Maestro at the Lateran on the removal of Rubino to the Vatican in 1550, and held the post till 1552 when he was succeeded by Lupacchini. Pitoni insists that he remained at the Lateran from...