Girolamo Benivieni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Girolamo Benivieni

Italian poet

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1453

Place of Birth: Florence, Tuscany

Date of Death: 23-Aug-1542

Profession: writer, poet, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Girolamo Benivieni

  • Girolamo Benivieni (Italian: [d?i'r??lamo beni'vj??ni]; 6 February 1453 – August 1542) was a Florentine poet and a musician.
  • His father was a notary in Florence.
  • He suffered from poor health most of his life, which prevented him from taking a more stable job.
  • He was a leading member of the Medicean Academy, a society devoted to literary study.
  • He was a friend of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494), whom he met for the first time in 1479; it was Pico della Mirandola who encouraged him to study Neoplatonism.
  • In the late 1480s, he and Pico della Mirandola became students of Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498).
  • In 1496, he translated the teachings of Savonarola from Italian to Latin.
  • After he began following Savonarola, he rejected his earlier poetry and attempted to write more spiritually.
  • He participated in Savonarola's Bonfire of the Vanities, and documented the destruction of art worth "several thousand ducats".He was supported in his writing by noblewoman Lucrezia de' Medici (1470–1553).
  • They were both interested in the works of poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321).
  • In 1506, Benivieni published an edition of the Divine Comedy with maps by Antonio Manetti (1423–1497) and commentary by Manetti and Benivieni.
  • In March 1515 Benivieni drafted a letter to be sent from Lucrezia to her brother, Pope Leo X (s.
  • 1513–21), seeking his assistance in bringing the body of Dante back to Florence.
  • On 20 October 1519, Benivieni signed a Medicean Academy petition to Pope Leo, again requesting the return of Dante from Ravenna.
  • Benivieni also used his connection with Lucrezia to advance his ideas on church reform with her brother, and later with her cousin, Pope Clement VII (s.
  • 1523–34).
  • In 1530, he wrote a letter to Pope Clement in defense of Savonarola, seeking to have his reputation restored within the church.
  • He is buried together with Giovanni Pico della Mirandola at San Marco, Florence, Italy.

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