Janus Pannonius
September 7, 1434 –March 27, 1472
Poet, Writer, Catholic priest, Judge, Diplomat, Bishop
Lived 37 years
- Born in
- Čazma
- Passed away in
- Medvedgrad
Janus Pannonius (Hungarian: Csezmiczei János or Cesencei János, Latin: Ioannes Pannonius, Croatian: Ivan Česmički; 29 August 1434 – 27 March 1472) was an influential intellectual in the Kingdom of Hungary, a Latinist, poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs. He was the most significant poet of the Renaissance in the Kingdom of Hungary and one of the better-known figures of humanist poetry in Europe.
Notable works: De morte Barbarae, Laus Andreae Mantegnae pictoris, De se aegrotante in castris, Italicarum principi divae Faeroniae elegia, Ad animam suam Education: University of Padua
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