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Poggio Bracciolini

Also known as Poggio di Duccio, Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Poggius Florentinus, Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Poggius Guccii, Poggio di Guccio, Poggio de Terranova

Italian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459)

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Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, also known as Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini or Messer Pogge, was a historian, classical scholar, philosopher, and translator. Born in Terranuova Bracciolini on 1380-02-11, he was a student of Giovanni Malpaghini. He held citizenship in the Republic of Florence and the Papal States. His primary field of work was philosophy, and he wrote in medieval Latin.

He participated in the Council of Constance. His notable works include The Facetiae of Poggio and Other Medieval Story-Tellers, Poggii Florentini Facetiarum, Jérome de Prague Au Concile Se Constance, Ou Lettre de Poggio Bracciolini Á Son Ami Leonardo D'arezzo, Facezie Di Poggio Fiorentino, and Facéties de Pogge. He died in Florence on 1459-10-30.

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The Facetiae of Poggio and Other Medieval Story-Tellers
Poggii Florentini Facetiarum
Jérome de Prague Au Concile Se Constance, Ou Lettre de Poggio Bracciolini Á Son Ami Leonardo D'arezzo
Facezie Di Poggio Fiorentino
Facéties de Pogge

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Key facts

Born: Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini , 11 February 1380, Terranuova , Republic of Florence
Died: 30 October 1459 (1459-10-30) (aged 79), Florence , Republic of Florence
Occupation: Papal Secretary
Children: 5 sons and a daughter

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Instance of: human
Given name: Francesco
Gender: male
Citizenship: Papal States
Place of birth: Terranuova Bracciolini
Place of death: Florence
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: medieval Latin
Participant in: Council of Constance
Student of: Giovanni Malpaghini
Field of work: philosophy
Image: Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini - Imagines philologorum.jpg

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Commons category: Poggio Bracciolini
date of birth: 1380-02-11
date of death: 1459-10-30
birth name: Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini
name in native language: Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
name: Messer Pogge
Commons Creator page: Poggio Bracciolini
P13311: Pinarolo Po
P8168: Dogtooth

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Poggio Bracciolini, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini ( Italian: [dʒaɱ franˈtʃesko ˈpɔddʒo brattʃoˈliːni]; 11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist. He is noted for rediscovering and recovering many classical Latin manuscripts, mostly decaying and forgotten in German, Swiss, and French monastic libraries. His most celebrated finds are De rerum natura, the only surviving work by Lucretius, De architectura by Vitruvius, lost orations by Cicero such as Pro Sexto Roscio, Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria, Statius' Silvae, Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae (Rerum gestarum Libri XXXI), and Silius Italicus's Punica, as well as works by several minor authors such as Frontinus' De aquaeductu, Nonius Marcellus, Probus, Flavius Caper, and Eutyches.

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