Belli, Francesco (1)

Belli, Francesco (1), an Italian theologian and scholar, was born in 1577, at Arzignano, in Vicentin. He travelled in France and Holland, and died, in 1644. He wrote, La Caterina d'Alessandria, a tragedy in verse (Verona, 1621, 1622, 1660): — L'Esequie del Redentore, Sacra Rappresentazione, in Prosa (Vienna, 1653): — Le Osservazioni di Fr. Belline' suoi Viaggi d'Olanda et di Francia (Venice, 1632). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.