Carlo Marsuppini

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Carlo Marsuppini's tomb in the Santa Croce Basilica in Florence

Carlo Marsuppini (* 1398 in Genoa , † 1453 in Florence ) was an Italian humanist and statesman .

Marsuppini grew up in Florence and was in close contact with the Medici family . In 1444 he followed Leonardo Bruni as Chancellor of the Republic of Florence . He was a man of great culture, the author of letters and a few poems. Pope Nicholas V commissioned him in 1452 to translate the Iliad into Latin . Marsuppini, however, died without having accomplished much of it. The sculptor Desiderio da Settignano created his tomb in Santa Croce in Florence.

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SURNAME Marsuppini, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian humanist and State Chancellor of Florence
DATE OF BIRTH 1398
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa
DATE OF DEATH 1453
Place of death Florence