Gabriello Puliti

Gabriello Puliti, a Franciscan monk and Italian composer and organist, was born in the Tuscan town of Montepulciano around 1580 [some say around 1575] and he died in Istria sometime around 1641 to 1644 [some say 1643]. As a young man, he entered the Conventual Franciscan order. While employed as an organist in various Italian cities (Pontremoli, Piacenza), he published two collections of polyphonic sacral compositions. The geographical position of Koper and Piran