Born in
Sciacca, he was the son of Don Mario Inveges (1574-?), and Donna Porzia Marino (1574?-?), both were a part of noble Sicilian families. His maternal grandfather was Barone Giovanni Agostino Marino (1536?-?), Baron of Callisi and Villanova. He first studied with the
Jesuits, graduating in theology and philosophy. He died in Palermo in 1677, at the age of 82. He is buried in the
Baroque church of
Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella, in Palermo. Inveges is chiefly remembered for his three-volume history of
Palermo,
Annali della felice Città di Palermo (1649-1651). The three volumes cover the period 2077 B.C. (the foundation of the city) to 1279 A.D. In opposition to
humanist rhetorical historiography, Inveges concluded the
preface to the first volume of his huge history of Palermo, caming out against historians who employ “pretty descriptions, capricious metaphors, scheming admonitions, or other ornaments allowed to poets and academicians”. He showed concern for critical, source-based historical research, showing affinities with the new approaches of contemporary historians like the
Maurists in Paris and the
Bollandists in Antwerp. ==Works==