Badius was versed in
Tuscan and Florentine antiquities, and his researches made him conversant with matters of
history and
hagiography. He rendered assistance to the
Jesuit Fathers,
Godfrey Henschen and
Papebroch, in their labours on the
Acta Sanctorum, as they themselves acknowledge. As Chronicler of the Convent of
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, he was also known to the historian and bibliographer
Cinellus, who makes frequent mention of the learned Dominican's knowledge of the literature and writers of Florence. In 1681, he was Dean of the
University of Florence. ==Notes==