Celio Rodigino (1469 - 1525) - photo 1

Celio Rodigino

Celio Rodigino (Latin: Caelius Rhodiginus), real name Ludovico Ricchieri, was an Italian writer, educator and Renaissance humanist.

Rodigino studied in Ferrara and Padua, and then was professor of Greek and Latin at Rovigo. In 1515 he became chair of Greek at the University of Milan.

His principal work was Antiquarum Lectionum in sixteen books, published in Venice in 1516. In this work Rodigino collected a considerable number of short essays and notes on Latin and Greek antiquity, from literature, philology, and science to philosophy, history, anthropology, and morality, as well as reflections on ancient music. He also wrote commentaries on Virgil, Ovid, and Horace.

Date and place of birt:1469, Rovigo, Italy
Date and place of death:6 march 1525, Padua, Italy
Period of activity: XV, XVI century
Specialization:Educator, Linguist, Scientist, Writer
Genre:History painting
Art style:Renaissance

Creators Renaissance

Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898 - 1972)
Maurits Cornelis Escher
1898 - 1972
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 - 1616)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
1547 - 1616
Victor Wolfvoet II (1612 - 1652)
Victor Wolfvoet II
1612 - 1652
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1500 - 1559)
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen
1500 - 1559
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo (1480 - 1540)
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo
1480 - 1540
Lazzaro Bastiani (1429 - 1512)
Lazzaro Bastiani
1429 - 1512
Michael Damaskenos (1530 - 1592)
Michael Damaskenos
1530 - 1592
Gérôme Daniel (1649 - 1728)
Gérôme Daniel
1649 - 1728
Pieter Balten (1527 - 1584)
Pieter Balten
1527 - 1584
Gillis Claeissens (1526 - 1605)
Gillis Claeissens
1526 - 1605
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1466 - 1516)
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio
1466 - 1516
Gregorio Fernández (1576 - 1636)
Gregorio Fernández
1576 - 1636
Jan van Amstel (1500 - 1542)
Jan van Amstel
1500 - 1542
Baccio Bandinelli (1493 - 1560)
Baccio Bandinelli
1493 - 1560
Martin Schongauer (1448 - 1491)
Martin Schongauer
1448 - 1491
Wolfgang Mielich (XVI century - 1561)
Wolfgang Mielich
XVI century - 1561