Antonio Mancinelli (6 December 1452 – 1505) was a humanist pedagogue, grammarian, and rhetorician from

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who taught in

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, and

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. He produced

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, and many other authors. His ''Carmen de Figuris'' rendered parts of

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's rhetoric in hexameter. By 1473, he had opened a humanistic school in Velletri.Paul F. Grendler, ''Schooling in Renaissance Italy: Literacy and Learning, 1300-1600'', 1989, p. 140. . He died in Rome.

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* M.E. Cosenza, ''Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Italian Humanists...'', Boston, 1962. (not seen) 1452 births 1505 deaths People from Velletri Italian Renaissance humanists Italian rhetoricians {{italy-academic-bio-stub