Virgilius [Virgilio] Fortin [Casanova] {Paul III-Pius IV}
Soprano; Rome; formerly in the Cappella Giulia (November 1534-December 1539 ); admitted 31 May 1544 ; mandati : June 1544 -February 1562 ; died on 18 January 1562 and was buried in San Giovanni della Morte.
DOCUMENTS
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58r: entry dated 31 May 1544 [CASIMIRI (1933), p. 156]
Eodem die post vesperas in dicta capella fuit admissus in cantorem dictae capellae d. Virgilius de Casanova alias Fortin. Et per R.dum dominum episcopum Assisinaten magistrum dicte capellae indutus est cotta. Et fecit juramentum solitum etc.
73v: entry dated 1 March 1545 [CASIMIRI (1933), p. 266]
Eadem die Virgilius Fortinus solvit ducata 12 aurea in auro cantoribus qui absolutionem fecerunt ei ut participere posset finitis mensibus duobus quia participere non debebat ad sex menses propterea non solverat propinam suam in tempore.
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3v: entry dated 18 January 1562 [FREY, p. 135]
in ecclesia San Giovanni de la morte vulgariter nuncupata
BIBLIOGRAPHY: CELANI, p. 101; CASIMIRI ; FREY, Die Diarien, p. 135.