{{Short description|Italian nobleman}} thumb|Orazio Falòconieri in his monument, by Domenico Guidi and Borromini [[image:Falconieri front.jpg|thumb|300 px|The Villa Falconieri in Frascati; renovations were commissioned by Orazio Falconieri]]
'''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.<ref>''The architecture of Rome: an architectural history in 400 presentations'' by Stefan Grundmann & Ulrich Fürst (Axel Menges, 1998)</ref>
==Family==
Falconieri was the son of Paolo Falconieri and Maddalena Albizzi and the brother of Lelio Falconieri<ref>[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1643.htm S. Miranda:] Falconieri</ref> who was later elevated to Cardinal.
In 1615 he married Ottavia Sacchetti (1590–1645), sister of Cardinal Giulio Cesare Sacchetti<ref>''Ave Papa/Ave Papabile: the Sacchetti family, their art patronage, and political aspirations'' by Lilian H. Zirpolo (Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2005)</ref> 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.<ref>''Marriage in Italy, 1300-1650'' by Trevor Dean & K. J. P. Lowe (Cambridge University Press, 2002)</ref> Records indicate they had at least one son (Paolo Francesco Falconieri) who took ownership of the Villa Falconieri and took his father's titles.<ref>[http://www.invalsi.it/invalsi/eng/evilla.htm INVALSI:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530193745/http://www.invalsi.it/invalsi/eng/evilla.htm |date=2011-05-30 }} Villa Falconieri</ref>
==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.<ref>''Borromini'' by Anthony Blunt (Harvard University Press, 1979)</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
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