Pandolfo Collenuccio
Pandolfo Collenuccio (* 1444 in Pesaro ; † July 6, 1504 there ) was an Italian humanist , historian and lawyer.
Live and act
Pandolfo Collenuccio studied law in Padua , where he obtained a doctorate in law in 1465. In 1472 he became a judge in Bologna . From 1483 he held the office of General Procurator . Giovanni Sforza (1466–1510), the city lord of Pesaro, had him arrested in 1488. At the intercession of patrons, the prison was converted into exile in 1489. He then entered the service of Lorenzo de 'Medici as envoy in Bentivoglio and Bologna and then served as Podestà in Florence . Here he established close relationships with the Florentine humanists , especially Angelo Poliziano and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola . In 1497 he became ducal councilor of Ercole I d'Este in Ferrara . As a diplomat he represented Ferrara to Maximilian I and Pope Alexander VI. In 1504 he was sentenced to death by Giovanni Sforza on charges of high treason. This judgment was carried out on July 6, 1504 in Pesaro.
Works (selection)
- Florentia seu Panegyrica silva ad Florentinae urbis novem viros. Florence 1490 (digitized version)
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Pliniana defensio adversus Nicolai Leoniceni accusationem. Ferrara 1493 (digitized version) In response to the writing by Niccolò Leoniceno : De Plinii et aliorum in medicina erroribus. Ferrara 1492 (digitized version)
- Otto Brunfels . Herbarum vivae eicones. Johann Schott, Strasbourg 1532, Vol. II, pp. 89–116: Pandolphi Collinutii, adversus Nic. Leonicenum Pliniomastigen defensio. (Digitized version ) After he had previously printed the work of Niccolò Leoniceno in the same volume, pp. 44–89 under the title De falsa quarundam Herbarum inscriptione a Plinio . (Digitized version)
- Oratio ad Maximilianum Caesarem Romanorum regem. (Rome) 1494 (digitized version)
- Compendio dell'historia del regno di Napoli. (Made around 1498 in Ferrara.) First printed in 1539 ... Venice 1541 (digitized) ...
literature
- Herbert Jaumann . Handbook of scholarly culture in the early modern period. Volume 1: Bio-bibliographical repertory. De Gruyter, Berlin / NY 2004, p. 190
- Uwe Neumahr. Protestatio de Iustitia in the Florentine high culture. A genre. Lit-Verlag, Münster 2002, pp. 177ff
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Collenuccio, Pandolfo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian humanist and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1444 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pesaro |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1504 |
| Place of death | Pesaro |