Bartolomeo Facio (c. before 1410 – 1457), Latinized as Bartholomaus Facius, was an Italian historian, writer and

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latinized as, Facius, Bartholomaus. Facio was born into a wealthy family of La Spezia, Liguria. He studied in Verona, where he studied with Guarino da Verona, Florence, where he added Greek to his Latin, and Genoa and was a notary in Lucca and Genoa. In 1443 he moved to Naples at first as the Genoese envoy, then by 1445 at the service of King

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as secretary and official historian. Facius served as tutor to Prince Ferrante, who became

Ferdinand I of Naples Ferdinando Trastámara d'Aragona, of the Naples branch, universally known as Ferrante and also called by his contemporaries Don Ferrando and Don Ferrante (2 June 1424, in Valencia – 25 January 1494, in Kingdom of Naples, Naples), was the only so ...

. In addition to translations, his works include ''De viris illustribus'' (1456), which comprises over ninety brief lives, organized by professions; his introduction to the section of painters ranks him among

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s. He also wrote the court history ''De rebus gestis ab Alphonso I Neapolitanorum rege libri X'' (1448-1445), and the moral treatises ''De humanae vitae felicitate'' ("Of the felicities of human lives") and ''De excellentia ac praestantia hominis'' ("Of the excellences and outstanding character of Man"). His ''De bello veneto clodiano'' remained in manuscript until it was published in 1568. Like many humanists of his era, Facio engaged in skirmishes with his peers, such as

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whose ''Antidotum in Facium'' is an invective against Bartolomeo. He died at Naples in 1457.

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