Niccolò de 'Rossi

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Niccolò de 'Rossi (* around 1290 in Treviso ; † after 1348) was an Italian poet and lawyer.

Life

From a noble family, studied law in Bologna, where he received his doctorate in 1317 . From 1318 he taught in Treviso. He represented an ecclesiastical Guelfan policy and held various political offices in Treviso. In 1339 he went to the papal court in Avignon, and later as a diplomat in Venice after Treviso had joined the Venetian Republic in 1339. In 1348 it is attested as Canonoco Castellano of the Church of Sant'Apollinare, later signs of life are missing.

Works

Niccolò wrote four canzons, including the mystical canzone Color di Perla , and 75 sonnets, and put together a collection of contemporary poets from the circle of Fedeli d'Amore .

Work editions

  • Giovanni Lega (Ed.): Il Canzoniere Vat. Lat. 3953. Bologna 1905
  • The canzone "Color di Perla" with a Latin commentary. In: Bruno Sandkühler: The early Dante commentaries and their relationship to the medieval commentary tradition. Munich 1967 (Munich Romanistic Works, 19th issue), pp. 258–265

literature

  • Guglielmo Volpi: Il Trecento. Storia Letteraria d'Italia, p. 165

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personal data
SURNAME Rossi, Niccolò de '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian poet and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1290
PLACE OF BIRTH Treviso
DATE OF DEATH after 1348