Salimbene di Adam, Italian historian and scholar (died 1290)

Salimbene di Adam

Italian Franciscan friar, theologian, and chronicler

Salimbene di Adam was an Italian Franciscan friar, theologian, and chronicler. Salimbene was one of the most celebrated Franciscan chroniclers of the High Middle Ages. His Cronica is a fundamental source for Italian history of the 13th century.