Pio Francesco Pistilli (October 24th 1961).
In December 1985 he took his University Degree in History of Medieval Art at “Sapienza” Università di Roma, the title of the thesis being L'abbazia ligure di Santa Maria di Tiglieto. In May 1992 he got PhD in Medieval Art (the title of the postgraduate thesis was Chiaravalle della Colomba nel contado di Piacenza) and, in March 1994, he graduated at the Scuola di Specializzazione in Storia dell'Arte of “Sapienza” Università di Roma with a dissertation on the subject Castelli normanni e svevi in Terra di Lavoro. From June 1986 to December 2000, he collaborated with the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) in editing the Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale, directed by A.M. Romanini. In December 1987, he won the public contest for Historical Inspector of Art for Liguria, launched by the Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali. Since September 1st 2000 he has been employed as Researcher in History of Medieval Art at the Facoltà di Scienze Umanistiche of “Sapienza” Università di Roma and since December 1st 2011 as Associate Professor in History of Medieval Art at the Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia of “Sapienza” Università di Roma (Dip. Storia, Antropologia, Religione, Arte e Spettacolo). From 2002 to 2017 he was assigned the Course of History of Medieval Art at the Scuola di Specializzazione in Storia dell'Arte medievale e moderna (now in Beni storico-artistici) of the “Sapienza” Università di Roma and since 2002 is member of PhD in Art History (Sapienza). On a scientific point of view, his studies were initially concerned with the monastic world's architecture: some medieval cistercian abbeys of northern Italy and Latium in particular. Moreover, he took part in the researches about the Cappellone in San Nicola at Tolentino. Since 1990 he has joined the research team on Military Architecture of the Mediterranean Sea during the Crusader Age and on Norman, Hohenstaufen and Angevin Castles in Southern Italy. Besides the researches in Carolingian Art and in Military Orders' settlements in Italy, his interests have been recently oriented on the Gothic production.