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

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Hans Mielich (1516 - 1573)
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Niccolò Vicentino (1510 - 1550)
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Barthel Beham (1502 - 1540)
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Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (1386 - 1466)
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Gherardo Cibo (1512 - 1600)
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Jacopo Dal Ponte (1510 - 1592)
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Bartolomeo Montagna (1450 - 1523)
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Littifredi Corbizi (1465 - 1520)
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Lucas van Doetecum (1501 - 1579)
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Battista Dossi (1490 - 1548)
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Andrea Di Niccolo (1440 - 1514)
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Francesco Guicciardini (1483 - 1540)
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Enea Vico (1523 - 1567)
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Quentin Matsys (1466 - 1530)
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Theodore Poulakis
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