Filippo Buonaccorsi
Filippo Buonaccorsi , also: Bonaccorsi in Latin Philippus Callimachus Experiens (born May 2, 1437 in San Gimignano , † November 1, 1497 in Cracow ) was an Italian humanist , writer and statesman of the Renaissance .
Life
Buonaccorsi was of aristocratic origin and studied in Rome , where he joined the circle of Julius Pomponius Laetus and was secretary to Bishop Bartolomeo Roverella . He was a member of the Accademia Romana . In 1468 Buonaccorsi had to leave Rome because he was accused of conspiracy against Pope Paul II .
In 1470 Buonaccorsi came to Poland , where he reached the highest level of influence in a very short time. He worked for Gregor von Sanok , the Archbishop of Lemberg, and dedicated the biography Vita et mores Gregorii Sanocei to him in 1476 .
He was the secretary of the Polish kings Casimir IV. Andrew and his son, Johann I Albrecht . He was entrusted with diplomatic missions to Constantinople , Venice and Rome. At the Cracow Academy , Buonaccorsi introduced the methods of humanistic learning. He wrote a number of historical works and wrote Latin poetry and prose, e.g. B. about the life of Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki , Bishop Gregor von Sanok and King Władysław III.
In Krakow he also joined Conrad Celtis and the scientific society Sodalitas Litteraria Vistulana, which he founded there . His tomb in the Dominican Church in Cracow was built by Veit Stoss .
Works (selection)
- Historia de rege Vladislao seu clade Varnensi
- Vita et mores Gregorii Sanocei (originated in 1476)
- De bello Turcis inferendo: oratio gravissima . Off. Seceriana, Haganoae 1533. Attached work: Item eiusdem Historia, de his quae à Venetis tentata sunt, Persis ac Tartaris contra Turcos movendis . Digitized
literature
- Domenico Caccamo: BUONACCORSI, Filippo (Callimachus Experiens). In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 15: Buffoli-Caccianemici. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1972.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Domenico Caccamo: BUONACCORSI, Filippo (Callimachus Experiens) , accessed on September 25, 2013 (ital.)
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SURNAME | Filippo Buonaccorsi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Filippo de Bonaccorsi, Callimachus Experiens |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-Italian humanist and statesman |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1437 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Gimignano |
DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1497 |
Place of death | Krakow |