Orazio Paolo Falconieri (died 1664), also anglicized as Horace Paul Falconierus, was an Italian nobleman from Florence; he was the owner of the Villa Falconieri. His heraldic symbol was a falcon.The architecture of Rome: an architectural history in 400 presentations by Stefan Grundmann & Ulrich Fürst (Axel Menges, 1998)
Family
Falconieri was the son of Paolo Falconieri and Maddalena Albizzi and the brother of Lelio FalconieriS. Miranda: Falconieri who was later elevated to Cardinal.
In 1615 he married Ottavia Sacchetti (1590–1645), sister of Cardinal Giulio Cesare SacchettiAve Papa/Ave Papabile: the Sacchetti family, their art patronage, and political aspirations by Lilian H. Zirpolo (Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2005) who would later consecrate Orazio's brother Lelio. The Sacchetti and Falconieri were already close; Orazio's father had made his fortune importing salt and as a result Orazio had business connections to Ottavia Sacchetti's father. When Ottavia's first husband, Piero Alberti, died, marriage to Orazio was considered an excellent option for both families.Marriage in Italy, 1300-1650 by Trevor Dean & K. J. P. Lowe (Cambridge University Press, 2002) Records indicate they had at least one son (Paolo Francesco Falconieri) who took ownership of the Villa Falconieri and took his father's titles.INVALSI: Villa Falconieri
Commissions
Falconieri purchased the Villa Falconieri and commissioned Francesco Borromini to renovate it. Orazio later commissioned Borromini to renovate the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini to build a Falconieri family chapel for his burial and the burial of his brother Lelio Falconieri.Borromini by Anthony Blunt (Harvard University Press, 1979)
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