Francesco Filelfo
1398-1481
Dublin Core
Title
Francesco Filelfo
1398-1481
1398-1481
Portrait Item Type Metadata
Birthplace
Tolentino
Place of Death
Florence
Biographical Text
Pupil of Johannes Chrysoloras in Constantinople, from where he brought 40 Greek MSS. to Italy. Itinerant teacher in Vienna, Venice, Bologna, Florence (1429-1434) , Siena, Milan 1440-1474, thereafter he lived until shortly after his death in Rome. He was appointed poet laureate and apostolic secretary by Pope Nicolaus V in 1453.
Nationality
Italian
Source
Photograph of an anonymous engraving in P. Jovius, Elogia, Basel 1577.
Further Resources
Citation
“Francesco Filelfo
1398-1481,” Alfred Gudeman's Imagines Philologorum, 2nd Edition, accessed March 29, 2024, https://imaginesphilologorum.net/items/show/63.
1398-1481,” Alfred Gudeman's Imagines Philologorum, 2nd Edition, accessed March 29, 2024, https://imaginesphilologorum.net/items/show/63.