Filippo Buonaccorsi

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Bust of Filippo Buonaccorsi in the Collegium Maius, Krakow

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

Krakow tomb

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

Web links

Commons : Filip Callimachus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Domenico Caccamo: BUONACCORSI, Filippo (Callimachus Experiens) , accessed on September 25, 2013 (ital.)
personal data
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