Bernardo Cappello (1498 - 8 March 1565) was a Venetian humanist, writer and pupil of

Pietro Bembo Pietro Bembo, ( la, Petrus Bembus; 20 May 1470 – 18 January 1547) was an Italian scholar, poet, and literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller, and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. As an intellectual of the It ...

Life

Cappello was born in Venice, the son of the diplomat Francesco Capello and his wife Elena Priuli. He held various political posts until being exiled to the island of

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in 1540 for suggesting that the power of the

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should be limited. He escaped from Rab in 1541 and took refuge in Rome under the protection of cardinal Alessandro Farnese, whom he followed to

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, France and

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. He later became lieutenant of Tivoli before becoming governor of

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and

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in rapid succession. He died in Rome.

Works

* ''Rime'', a collection of 314

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s and 34 canzoni, dedicated to (among others)

Pope Paul III Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549. He came to ...

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Caterina de Medici Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King H ...

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Philip II of Spain Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...

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, Alessandro Farnese,

Guidobaldo II della Rovere Guidobaldo II della Rovere (2 April 1514 – 28 September 1574) was an Italian condottiero, who succeeded his father Francesco Maria I della Rovere as Duke of Urbino from 1538 until his death in 1574. He was a member of the House of La Rove ...

, Pietro Bembo,

Annibal Caro Fra' Annibale Caro, K.M., (6 June 150717 November 1566) was an Italian writer and poet. Biography Born in Civitanova Marche, then in the March of Ancona, Caro became tutor to the wealthy family of Lodovico Gaddi in Florence, and then secret ...

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, marchesa of

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and

Pietro Giovanni Aliotti Pietro or Pier Giovanni Aliotti or Aleotti (died 1563) was an Italian bishop. Life In 1532 he became Guardarobiere Pontificio and Maestro di Camera, initially for pope Clement VII and then for pope Julius III, before being made bishop of Forlì in ...

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Bibliography

*Francesco Fasulo
CAPPELLO, Bernardo
in ''Dizionario biografico degli italiani'', vol. 18, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1975

External links

* http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/bernardo-cappello/

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cappello, Bernardo 1498 births 1565 deaths Republic of Venice poets Italian Renaissance humanists Republic of Venice politicians