Remigio Nannini was born in
Florence in 1518 or 1521. He entered the Dominican Order at Santa Maria Novella when young, continuing his education there. He also studied in
Padua under the theologian
Sisto Medici. He published a book of Petrarchan verse in 1547. In 1553 he became
magister theologiae. He edited Petrarch's
De remediis, and translated several classical Roman historians, including
Cornelius Nepos and
Ammianus Marcellinus. After briefly living in
Ancona, in 1556 Nannini settled in
Venice. In Venice Nannini worked with several publishers, but particularly with
Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari. He published a large number of vernacular devotional editions. From the mid-16th century, the Catholic Church forbade vernacular translations of the Bible, and this generally included the
lectionary for daily Mass. However, Nannini's edition of the
Epistles and Gospels was permitted. He also published collections of secular historical writers. Nannini died in Florence in 1580. ==Works==