Hieronymus Angerianus (Gerolamo or Girolamo Angeriano) (c. 1480 but disputed ee below–1535) was an influential Italian

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poet from Apulia. He retired at a young age from the life of the Neapolitan court, to the family estates at Ariano di Puglia. His ''Erōtoπαιγνιον'' (''Erotopaegnion''), an epigram collection, was published in 1512 in

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. He was published in 1582 in the ''Poetae Tres Elegantissimi'' (Paris), with Joannes Secundus and Michelle Marullo. Sources differ considerably on his birth year, with some stating 1470,Web page title
"Tra Medioevo en rinascimento"
at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009 others giving "c. 1480" and another c. 1490.

English literature

His influence has been traced in

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. He was later translated by Walter HarteSelected Work of Harte, Walter (1709-1774)
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References

*Allan M. Wilson (editor) (1995), ''The Erotopaegnion: A Trifling Book of Love of Girolamo Angeriano''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Angerianus 15th-century births 1535 deaths Italian poets Italian male poets Writers from Naples People from Ariano Irpino 16th-century Neapolitan people