Costaguti, Vincente

Costaguti, Vincente an Italian ecclesiastic and musician, was born at Genoa in 1613. He was prothonotary to Urban VIII, secretary of the apostolic court of justice, and in 1643 was made cardinal-deacon under the title of Santa Maria in Porticu. He died in 1660, leaving Discorso alle Musica (Genoa, 1640): — Applausi Poetici alte Glorie dellca Signora Leonora Baroni (Rome, 1639). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.