Pietro Antonio Crespi Castoldi

He was born on 7 February 1557 in Busto Arsizio, and was ordained a priest in 1581 by Charles Borromeo. He was a priest in Morazzone, a small town near Varese.^[1]

He remained priest at Morazzone until 1589, when he returned to Busto Arsizio, to curate the Basilica of San Giovanni Battista, after an epidemic hit much of the congregation.^[2] He also served as curator of the Basilica's archives.^{[citation needed]}

In 1614 he wrote “De oppido Busti relationes”. Written in Latin, it became one of his most important works, and was translated by Luigi Belotti into Italian from 1925 to 1927.^[3]

• Adelio Bellotti (1998). "Un cronista e storico da ricordare e riscoprire: Pietro Antonio Crespi Castoldi". Almanacco della Famiglia Bustocca per l'anno 1998. Busto Arsizio: La Famiglia Bustocca. pp. 6–16.