SUI RAPPORTI DI GIUSEPPE, DOMENICO E LUIGI ROSACCIO CON BOLOGNA

Giuseppe Rosaccio (c. 1530-c. 1620) was perhaps the most «famous divinator» to have practiced in the piazze of Italy, yet very little is known about his biography. Based mostly on unpublished archival documents, this note proves that Rosaccio’s sojourn in Bologna was longer than had been previously suggested. It also accounts for the periodical presence in the same city of his sons Luigi and Domenico, and brings to the forefront Giuseppe’s patronage relationship with pontifical legates and vice-legates sent by the Pope to govern Bologna.