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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Raffaelo Maffei |
 | | Among the works of Maffei are "Commentariorum rerum urbanarum libri XXXVIII" (Rome, 1506; Paris, 1516), all encyclopedia of all subjects known at that time, prepared with great care, but not always with the best judgment. |
 | | Maffei's lives of Sixtus IV, Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, and Pius III, which appear as an appendix to the Platina, and which were also published separately (Venice, 1518), are taken from the "Commentarii"; in them Maffei blames unsparingly the disordered life of the Roman court. |
 | | The elder brother of Maffei, Antonio, was involved in the conspiracy of the Pazzi. |
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