Pedro Fernández de Villegas

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Pedro Fernández de Villegas (born March 25, 1453 in Burgos , † December 6, 1536 ibid) was a Spanish humanist , translator and Roman Catholic cleric.

Live and act

De Villegas spent most of his life in his hometown of Burgos. From 1485 to 1490 he lived in Rome . His intellectual training and attitudes were profoundly influenced by Italian culture and a large number of literary readings that he attended there. He was under the protection of Juana of Aragon , a daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon .

De Villegas translated various Latin poets and a selection from Plutarch's works. He also made a complete translation of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy into Castilian .

In 1496 he joined the office of the archdeacon of the Cathedral of Burgos on. His brother was Jerónimo de Villegas , prior in Covarrubias .

Works (selection)

  •  La traducio del dante de lengua tuscany en verso castellano por el Reueredo don p [er] o fernadez de villegas arcediano de burgos. Fadrique de Basilea, Burgos 1515.

literature

  • Manuel Martinez Añibarro y Rives: Intento de un diccionario biográfico y bibliográfico de autores de la provincia de Burgos. Tello, Madrid 1889. pp. 190-195. ( Digitized version )
  • Pablo Puente Santidrian: Fernández De Villegas, humanista ascético, traductor de Plutarco. In: Burgense 11. 1970. pp. 409-414.
  • Roberto Mondola: Dante nel Rinascimento castigliano. L'Infierno di Pedro Fernández de Villegas. Tullio Pironti, 2011, ISBN 8-8793-7580-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bio and bibliographical data. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
  2. ^ V Cinthia Ma. Hamlin: Traducción y reapropiación: el caso del Commento de Landino en Fernández de Villegas. Jornadas de Estudios Clásicos y Medievales "Diálogos Culturales"
  3. ↑ Philo Biblon
  4. ^ Digitized at the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica
personal data
SURNAME Fernández de Villegas, Pedro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fernandus de Villegas, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish cleric, translator and humanist
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1453
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgos
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1536
Place of death Burgos