Barelli, Francesco Luigi

Barelli, Francesco Luigi, an Italian monk and biographer, was a native of Nice. He belonged to the Order of the Barnabites, and finally went to Bologna. He died in 1725.

Among other works, he wrote, Memorie dell' Origine, Fondazione, Avanzamenti, Successi e Uominti Illustri in Lettere e in Santita de' Barnaabiti (Bologna, 1703, 1707): — Vita del P. Anton. Maria Zaccaria, Foidatore degli Barnabiti (ibid. 1706). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.