Giambattista Felice Zappi (1667 – 30 July 1719) was an Italian poet.

Biography

A native of

Imola Imola (; rgn, Jômla or ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, located on the river Santerno, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The city is traditionally considered the western entrance to the historical ...

, he studied there and then in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

, where he graduated at only 13 under

Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini (10 October 1650 – 20 March 1728) was an Italian Cardinal who served as bishop of Imola. Early life Gozzadini was born in Bologna and was of a patrician family. He was the son of Palatine Count Marcantonio Gozzadini ...

, bishop of Imola and later cardinal. In 1687 he moved to

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

, where he worked as lawyer. Pope

Innocent XII Pope Innocent XII ( la, Innocentius XII; it, Innocenzo XII; 13 March 1615 – 27 September 1700), born Antonio Pignatelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1691 to his death in September 1700. He ...

gave him charges in the Agriculture and Roads Tribunals. Led by his passion for poetry, he entered the Accademia degli Infecondi and later the

Accademia dell'Arcadia The Accademia degli Arcadi or Accademia dell'Arcadia, "Academy of Arcadia" or "Academy of the Arcadians", was an Italian literary academy founded in Rome in 1690. The full Italian official name was Pontificia Accademia degli Arcadi. History F ...

, of which he was one of the founders. In 1705 he married Faustina Maratti, daughter of the painter

Carlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition ...

, also a poet. Their house became home to a renowned literary circle. Zappi died in Rome in 1719 at the age of 52, most likely from

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. He is buried, together with Carlo Maratta, in the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome. His works include a collection of poems published in 1723, the ''Rime'', including also some from his wife.

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