Jacopo Soldani (1 October 1579April 11, 1641) was an Italian poet and statesman from Florence.

Biography

He was born in Florence to Bernardo and Ginevra

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. The support of his uncle Jacopo Aldobrandini, allowed him to graduate from the University of Pisa with utriusque juris, or a doctorate in both civil and church law. In 1607, he married Clarice Aldobrandini, and together had nine children. One daughter married the scholar Niccolò Panciatichi in 1631, and one son, Filippo, became bishop of Fiesole. As a young man he was a pupil or follower of

Galileo Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ...

, and was active in the many local Florentine literary academies. He helped found in 1603 the Accademia Bucolica dei Pastori Antellesi. He was able to obtain appointments to the position of regent of the private ''Accademia degli Alterati'' in 1604 and consul of the Florentine Academy in 1606–1607. He served as an advisor to the future cardinal Leopoldo, brother of the Grand-Duke Ferdinand II Medici. Afterwards, he served as chamber master to Ferdinando, and in 1637, appointed senator. He served the duke in Pisa and Siena in various activities. His most prominent writings were not published while he lived. He wrote a short treatise on moral virtues, heavily quoting the Aristotle's work, and dedicated to the Grand Duke (Central National Library. Florence). He is best known for his satires, composed in terza rima likely between 1612 and 1637, but published only posthumously, in 1751 through the editorial work of

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. The ''Satire'' often mock the rigidity and vain pomposity of courtly life. Soon after publication, the

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listed the work as exemplary of Italian grammar and vocabulary. His circle of friends included Galileo,

Gabriello Chiabrera Gabriello Chiabrera (; 18 June 155214 October 1638) was an Italian poet, sometimes called the Italian Pindar. Endnote: The best editions of Chiabrera are those of Rome (1718, 3 vols. 8vo); of Venice (1731, 4 vols. 8vo); of Leghorn (1781, 5 vols., ...

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, Giovanni Ciampoli, and

Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane (baptized 4 November 1568 – 11 January 1646) was a Florentine poet, librettist and man of letters, known as "the Younger" to distinguish him from his granduncle. Education From 1588 to 1591 he studied mat ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soldani, Jacopo 1579 births 1641 deaths 17th-century Italian poets 17th-century Italian male writers Writers from Florence Italian male poets Poets from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany