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Cellini

American  
[chuh-lee-nee, chel-lee-nee] / tʃəˈli ni, tʃɛlˈli ni /

noun

  1. Benvenuto 1500–71, Italian, metalsmith, sculptor, and autobiographer.


Cellini British  
/ tʃɛlˈliːni, tʃɪˈliːnɪ /

noun

  1. Benvenuto (benveˈnuːto). 1500–71, Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver, noted also for his autobiography

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The "Salt Cellar", a golden sculpture made by Florentine artist Benvenuto Cellini in 1543 for King of France Francis I, disappeared from Vienna's Museum of Fine Arts at dawn on May 12, 2003.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

That’s because, Cellini says, there are certain inalienable truths in this world.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023

Dr. Rothman had learned about the Taylor ads from Richard J. Cellini, the founder of the Georgetown Memory Project, an independent nonprofit dedicated to tracing the descendants of the people enslaved by the Jesuits.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2022

“Students still do spend time and money,” said Stephanie Cellini, professor of public policy and economics at George Washington University and co-author of the research analysis that found most undergraduate certificate programs don’t pay off.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2022

Examples of geniuses who were subject to hallucinations are Caesar, Brutus, Cellini, Napoleon, Dr. Johnson, and Pope.

From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald

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