hi teresa, i went online and found a town called gazaldo degli ippoliti in province of mantova in region of lombardi or the other way around. there is a villa de ippoliti. thay have turned it into a museum(art). i printed the ceni storici but its in italian and i have to find someone to translate 4 me. sounds pretty interesting. i know he was born in italy. i also looked up in il. and there is a lot of them. sorry if this is too longwinded thanks 4 writing