He was intended for further study, but then his attention was captured by antiquity and he joined the famous “academy” of Giovanni Ciampini.
[2] He entered the clerical state and was appointed Abbot, even if he remained always in Rome, living under somewhat reduced circumstances near San Carlo al Corso.
[5] His main interests were archeology (he published an essay with title Spiegazione di alcune statue del Campidoglio, i.e. explanation of some statues of Campidoglio) and history (he published Memorie istoriche della città di Corneto, i.e. historical memories of the Etruscan town of Tarquinia).
Pope Benedict XIV on 2 September 1745 ordered that the manuscripts with his diary were conserved in the Archivi del Popolo Romano [it].
[1] Other works of him are Museum Cortonense about the ancient times of the town of Cortona and a new edition of the work of Fioravante Martinelli Roma ricercata nel svo sito con tutte le curiosità, che in essa si ritrouano, tanto antiche, come moderne which contains uncommon facts and places of Rome.