[1] Born in Sciacca,[2] he first studied with the Jesuits, graduating in theology and philosophy.
He is buried in the Baroque church of Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella, in Palermo.
Inveges is chiefly remembered for his three-volume history of Palermo, Annali della felice Città di Palermo (1649-1651).
In opposition to humanist rhetorical historiography, Inveges concluded the preface to the first volume of his huge history of Palermo, caming out against historians who employ “pretty descriptions, capricious metaphors, scheming admonitions, or other ornaments allowed to poets and academicians”.
[4] He showed concern for critical, source-based historical research, showing affinities with the new approaches of contemporary historians like the Maurists in Paris and the Bollandists in Antwerp.