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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

Cellini believes that Black Americans aren’t the only ones who want or need to know the full story.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023

“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

Ariana Cellini, a nurse who works 12-hour shifts at the Tufts intensive medical unit, shares the sentiment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2022

For another, Maso’s pax for the baptistery, if Cellini is to be trusted, represented not a Coronation of the Virgin but a Crucifixion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

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