Melani has been the object in recent years in the novels by Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti beginning with Imprimatur and continuing with Secretum and Veritas .
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Especially damaging was his closeness to the superintendent of finances, Nicolas Fouquet, who was arrested and imprisoned.
Atto Melani (1626–1714), castrato singer, diplomat, spy and writer
Rita Monaldi (born 1966) is an Italian journalist and writer who, in collaboration with her husband, Francesco Sorti, wrote a series of literary-historical books called Imprimatur, Secretum and Veritas, with Atto Melani as a central character.