He was born in Bologna on 5 October 1600, where he obtained a doctorate in philosophy on 22 December 1625. An admirer of Galileo, he dedicated himself from a young age to the study of mathematics, astronomy and optics and became friends with Mario Bettini, Bonaventura Cavalieri and Ovidio Montalbani. He also came into contact with two of the main telescope builders of the period: Francesco Fontana and Eustachio Divini. Having moved to Florence, he was added to the Accademia degli Apatisti and became secretary of Cardinal Scipione Pannocchieschi, protector of the Academy. In front of the Academy he gave two important speeches on the void. In Florence he composed, for the Carthusian fathers, a life of Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Order. Returning to Bologna he dedicated himself completely to the study of astronomy, building a small observatory in his residence in Battedizzo. He was one of the founders of the Mathematical Academy of Vespertini in Bologna and was part of various important literary academies: the Bolognese ones of Gelati and della Notte and the Roman one of Humorists. He died in Bologna in 1677.