Iovianus Pontanus

Giovanni Pontano , later known as Giovanni Gioviano or Latin Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus , was a humanist and poet from the Duchy of Spoleto, in central Italy. He was the leading figure of the Accademia Pontaniana after the death of Antonio Beccadelli in 1471, and the academy took his name.

Pontano was born at Cerreto in the Duchy of Spoleto, where his father was murdered in one of the frequent civil brawls which then disturbed the peace of Italian towns. His date of birth is given in various sources between 1421 and 1429 it is often given as 1426, but may have been 1429.vii

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