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Antonio Coppi
1783–1870
A priest-scholar in 19th-century Rome, he spent his life turning Italy’s past into clear, carefully documented history. He is best remembered for continuing Muratori’s monumental Annali d’Italia and for his deep interest in archaeology, Roman history, and the Colonna family.
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Annali d'Italia, vol. 8 dal principio dell'era volgare sino all'anno 1750
by Lodovico Antonio Muratori, Antonio Coppi
About the author
Born in Andezeno in 1783 and later based mainly in Rome, Antonio Coppi was an Italian priest, historian, archaeologist, and man of letters. Sources agree that he lived most of his life in Rome and built a reputation as a serious scholar of Italian and Roman history.
He is especially known for carrying forward Lodovico Antonio Muratori’s Annali d’Italia, a major historical chronicle that Coppi began publishing in 1824. Treccani also credits him as one of the founders and the first president of the Accademia Tiberina, showing how active he was in Rome’s learned circles.
Alongside his historical work, he wrote studies such as the Memorie colonnesi, devoted to the Colonna family. He died in Rome in 1870, leaving behind the profile of a patient, wide-ranging scholar whose writing connected archival research, archaeology, and the long story of Italy.