Hermolaus Barbarus
Hermolaus Barbarus the Younger (Italian Ermolao Barbaro ; * May 21, 1453 or 1454 in Venice , † June 14, 1493 in Rome ) was an Italian humanist .
Live and act
From around 1462 he learned in Rome with Julius Pomponius Laetus and Theodoros Gazes . Emperor Friedrich III. appointed him poeta laureatus in 1468 . He began to study in Padua in 1471, received his doctorate in the arts in 1474 , and in both rights in 1477 . In 1479 he briefly returned to his hometown Venice, but left it because of the outbreak of the plague . In the following decade he served his hometown in various political offices, including as envoy.
In 1491 he was offered the post of Patriarch of Aquileia by Pope Innocent VIII . The Venetian Senate refused to accept this position because Barbarus, contrary to the law, had already agreed without waiting for official approval. He was therefore exiled and forced to give up the office of patriarch; if he refused, his father's property was threatened with confiscation. Barbarus stayed in Rome and lived on a small pension paid by the papal administration until his death.
Barbarus translated the Aristotle paraphrases by Themistius , as well as several works by Aristotle . In 1492/1493 he published his Castigationes Plinianae with Eucharius Silber , a text-critical edition of Pliny 's Natural History, in which he found over 5000 errors in the Latin version of this work. In addition to speeches and letters, Barbarus wrote a book on celibacy and one on the duties of the ambassador.
literature
- Emilio Bigi : Barbaro, Ermolao (Almorò). In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 6: Baratteri – Bartolozzi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1964.
- Fritz Schalk : Barbaro, Ermolao. In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Volume 1, Artemis, Munich / Zurich 1980, Sp. 1437–1438.
- Bruno Figliuolo: Il diplomatico e il trattatista. Ermolao Barbaro ambasciatore della Serenissima e il De officio legati. Guida, Napoli 1999, ISBN 88-7188-300-4
Web links
- Works by Hermolaus Barbarus in the complete catalog of the incidental prints
- Literature by and about Hermolaus Barbarus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Hermolaus Barbarus in the German Digital Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Barbo |
Patriarch of Aquileia 1491–1493 |
Niccolo II Donati |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barbarus, Hermolaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barbaro, Ermolao |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian humanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1453 or May 21, 1454 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1493 |
| Place of death | Rome |