Italy. Medal Pietro Paolo Millini (Petrus Pavlys Millinys), segretario apostolico

bronze medal depicting the bust of Pietro Paolo Millini (PetrusPavlys Millinys), apostolic secretary (Sac. Pen. Scr.).
120 g. 75 mm
Pietro Paolo Millini (Pietro Paolo Mellini), a figure tied to the Roman Curia of the XVth century.
• Inscription on the edge: PETRUS PAVLYS MILLINYS .
SAC. PEN. SCR. (Pietro Paolo Millini, Secretary of the Holy Penitentiary).
• Style: Renaissance medal (attributed or attributable to the production of Italian medalists of the late fifteenth century, as evidenced by specimens preserved in museums such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
The reverse of the Medal bears the inscription "PERFER" which recalls the famous Latin proverb "Perfer et obdura" ("Endure and be steadfast"), taken from Ovid’s Amores (Book III, elegy 11), often linked to themes of perseverance and strength of mind in the face of adversity.
Classical/allegorical figures are depicted (including a figure lying on rocks with a small symbol and a standing figure holding a staff or a banner near flames or rocks).
Millini (Mellini), Pietro - Vicelegatus (Rome, 16th-17th centuries)
Son of Mario Millini. Governor of Borgo, and of Ortensia de' Jacovacci, he was nephew of Cardinal Cristoforo Jacovacci. In the family, a brother of Pietro was Cardinal Giovanni Garsia Millini, who played a very important role in the life of the Curia in the years of Paul V and Urban VII. From 1578 to 1590 Pietro was Canon of the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican. Between 1591 and 1593 he was Collector and Nuncio in Spain. In 1593 Vicelegatus of Cardinal Altemps in the Province of the Patrimony and in 1600 Governor of Benevento.
Bibl.: C. Weber, Legati e Governatori dello Stato pontificio (1550-1809), Rome 1994, p. 430, 782; F. Bussi, Istoria della città di Viterbo, Rome 1742, p. 392; D. Rezza, M. Stocchi, II Capitolo di San Pietro in Vaticano dalle origini al XX secolo. Vol.I: la storia e le persone, Citta del Vaticano, 2008, p. 365."