Giannone

Giannone, Pietro (1676-1747), a Neapolitan historian, who sketched especially the growth of the papal power. He came to Naples when 18 years old, and in 1723 wrote his Civil History of Naples, the materials for which had taken him 20 years to collect. He was excommunicated, and went to Vienna, and then to Venice, and was driven from there to Geneva. Being captured by a trick he was confined for life in the fortress of Turin. Gibbon, in his history, makes free use of Giannone.