Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola ( Latin: Benevenutus Imolensis , Italian: Benvenuto da Imola ; c. 1336 [2] , Imola , Bologna - 1390 , Ferrara ) - Italian scientist , humanist , historian , teacher . Most famous for his comments on the " Divine Comedy " by Dante Alighieri .
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Biography
Born in the family of a giblin-related lawyer. In 1361-1362 he worked with the Governor of Bologna, the nephew of Cardinal Albornoz .
He lived in Imola and Bologna , at the end of his life - in Ferrara , called himself a student of Boccaccio and corresponded with Petrarch and Salutati .
In 1365, as part of a delegation, he was sent with a diplomatic mission from the Imola authorities to Avignon to Pope Urban V with an unsuccessful demand for the approval of the city charter. Then he settled in Bologna, where he made a living working as a teacher. Benvenuto spent ten years in Bologna.
In 1373, he visited Florence , where he listened to Boccaccio 's lectures on Dante Alighieri . Since 1375 he lived in Ferrara, under the protection of Niccolo II d'Este , the Marquis of Ferrara, whom he met in Avignon.
As a humanist, B. da Imola, preferred pagan writers over ecclesiastical writers, although he was equally critical of both; Remaining a faithful Catholic , he sharply attacked church representatives and medieval prejudices.
Creativity
He wrote in medieval Latin.
Of his works, the most famous are comments on some ancient authors ( Lucan , Seneca , Valery Maxim ), as well as on the “Canzoniere” of Petrarch and on the “ Divine Comedy ” by Dante Alighieri called Comentum super Dantis Aligherii comoediam .
He is also the author of several historical writings and comments:
- "Romuleon" is a compilation of Roman history from the fall of Troy to Diocletian ,
- “Augustalis libellus” - brief notes about the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Wenceslas , and known only by the titles of the Chronicle from the creation of the World to the Nativity of Christ and “Opusculum de urbis Mediolani Magnalibus” ,
- “Comentum super Dantis Alighieris Comoediam”, commentary on the works of Virgil ,
The works of B. da Imol were markedly influenced by the works of Averroes .
Notes
- ↑ AA.VV. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - 1960.
- ↑ According to other sources, he was born in 1330
Literature
- Franco Quartieri, Benvenuto da Imola: un moderno antico commentatore di Dante, Ravenne, Longo, 2001 (Italian)
Links
- Rambaldi, Benvenuto da Imola // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Parvula Benvenutiana (Italian)