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Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni (1692–1768)
Frugoni, Carlo Innocenzio Maria (frö-gō’nē). An Italian poet (1692–1768). He was a Franciscan friar, and was professor of rhetoric at Brescia, Bologna, Modena, etc.; at the court of Parma he was appointed poet laureate and historiographer. His ‘History of the House of Farnese’ was published in 1729. His poetical works (15 vols., 1779) show great elegance of style, richness of imagery, and harmony of numbers. He was happy in his poetical ‘Epistles’ after the manner of Horace.