Lucas Gauricus
Lucas Gauricus ( Italian Luca Gaurico , born March 12, 1476 in Giffoni , † March 6, 1558 in Rome ) was a Catholic bishop , mathematician , astronomer and astrologer .
Life
In 1497 Gauricus went to Padua to study medicine with his brother Pomponio . He probably received his doctorate in 1503 and had meanwhile begun to be interested in mathematics and astrology.
In 1506 Gauricus in Bologna had predicted the tyrannical ruler Giovanni II Bentivoglio would end his rule in the same year, whereupon he had him tortured. In fact, Pope Julius II made Bologna submissive in 1506, confirming Gauricus' prediction and establishing his fame. In the following years he dedicated himself more and more to “predictive astrology” and rose to become a sought-after astrologer. He worked in Rome , Ferrara , Mantua and Venice , among others , and a visit to Regensburg and Wittenberg in 1532 is recorded. Popes also made sure of his astrological services. Pope Paul III awarded him on December 14, 1545 the office of bishop in San Paolo di Civitate , which he held until 1550. He died on March 6, 1558 in Rome and was buried there in the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli .
His most famous astrological writings are Opera Omnia , in which the "astrological knowledge" of his time is summarized, as well as the Tractatus Astrologicus (1552), in which he set up numerous horoscopes of well-known contemporaries.
The moon crater Gauricus is named after him.
Works
- Ephemerides Recognitae Et Ad Vngvem Castigatæ , 1533 (Latin)
- Trattato d'astrologia judiciaria , 1539 (Italian)
- Super diebus decretoriis quos etiam criticos vocitant axiomata , Rome 1546 (Latin)
- Tractatus astrologicus , Venice 1552, in Bibliotheca astrologica latina (Latin)
- Calendarium ecclesiasticum novum , Venice 1552 (Latin)
- De eclipsi solis miraculosa in Passione Domini observata , 1553 (Latin)
- Super tabulis directionum Joannis Monteregiensis quoddam supplementum necnon Tractatus iudicandi omnium aphetarum directiones , 1560 - The tabulae directionum are from Regiomontanus (Latin)
- Directiones Progressiones Sive Inambvlationes Ascensoria Tempora Horimea Horarvm constitutio , 1560 (Latin)
- Opera omnia, volume 2 (Latin).
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Christian Poggendorff : Concise dictionary for the history of exact science , Leipzig 1836, entry on Gaurico (Gauricus) Luca , page 845
- ↑ a b c Treccani: Gaurico Luca
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy Bishop Luca Gaurico
- ↑ Rüdiger Plantiko: Lucas Gauricus - an astrologer of the Renaissance (an astrological text)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucas Gauricus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luca Gaurico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mathematician and astronomer of the late Middle Ages |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1476 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Giffoni |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1558 |
| Place of death | Rome |