Pier Candido Decembrio

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Pier Candido Decembrio, De omnium animalium natura in the manuscript Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urbinas Lat. 276, fol. 41r
A page from Pier Candido Decembrio's Latin translation of the Roman history of Appian in the manuscript Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana , Plut, written in 1488/1490 . 68.19
Tomb of Pier Candido Decembrio in St. Ambrogio, Milan

Pier Candido Decembrio ( Latin Petrus Candidus Decembrius * probably in 1399 in Pavia ; † 12. November 1477 in Milan ) was a humanist of the Renaissance . He worked as a translator and politician in Milan.

Pier Candido Decembrio was the son of Uberto Decembrio and brother of Angelo Camillo Decembrio . He was secretary and diplomat to Filippo Maria Visconti (1392–1447), the Duke of Milan . He has been referred to as the "President" of the short-lived Ambrosian Republic in Milan (1447–1450). After 1450 he was exiled and spent some time in Naples at the court of Alfonso V of Aragón and in Ferrara . His tombstone lists 127 works, including translations and biographies, including the life of Filippo Maria Visconti and the animal book Bestiary .

Text editions and translations

  • Federico Petrucci (Ed.): Petri Candidi Decembrii Epistolarum iuvenilium libri octo. Firenze University Press, Firenze 2013, ISBN 978-88-6655-448-6 (critical edition)
  • Philipp Funk (translator): Pier Candido Decembrio: Life of Filippo Maria Visconti and Deeds of Franzesco Sforza (= The Age of the Renaissance , Series 1, Volume 7). Diederichs, Jena 1913

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personal data
SURNAME Decembrio, Pier Candido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Translator and politician in Milan
DATE OF BIRTH 1399
PLACE OF BIRTH Pavia
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1477
Place of death Milan