Giovanni Garzoni

Giovanni Garzoni (also Garzo ; * 1419 in Bologna ; † January 28, 1505 ibid) was an Italian humanist , rhetorician and teacher.

From 1466 to 1505 he was professor of medicine at the University of Bologna . His students included Erasmus Stella , Theodoricus Block and Christoph von Scheurl . He was Leandro Alberti's tutor . He left several writings.

Twelve years after his death, Stella published Johannes Garzo De rebus Saxoniæ, Thuringiæ, Libanothiæ, Misniæ et Lusatiæ .

The Venetian Giovanni Garzo, who taught canon law in Padua from 1438 to 1454, is not identical to Giovanni Garzoni.

Works

Oratio de laudibus legum , 1499

Oratio de laudibus legum ( la ). Caligola Bazalieri, Bologna 1499.
De eloquutione libellus , 1503
Ad clarissimum virum dominum Ioannem Blanchfeldum berliniensem prohemium in vitam divi Antonii abbatis , 1503
De Rebus Saxoniae, Thuringiae, Libonotriae, Misnae, Et Lusatiae : 1518
Chronica. The lucid, high-born Prince and Lord, Mr. Friderichen, Landgraves in Düringen, Marggraffen zu Meychssen [et] c. : 1546 (reprinted 1584)
Historiae Bononienses , reprinted in 2012 by Bononia University Press

Alessandra Mantovani (Ed.): Giovanni Garzoni: Historiae Bononienses. Bononia University Press, Bologna 2010, ISBN 978-88-7395-499-6 (critical edition)

Roberta Ridolfi: Garzoni, Giovanni. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 52: Gambacorta – Gelasio II. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1999.

↑ Annalisa Belloni: Professori giuristi a Padova nel secolo XV. P. 352, online reference ( Memento from May 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Garzoni, Giovanni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Garzo, Johannes; Garzo, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian humanist, rhetorician and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	1419
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bologna
DATE OF DEATH	January 28, 1505
Place of death	Bologna