Lucio Marineo Siculo (
Vizzini, 1444 or 1445 –
Spain
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, 1533) was a
Sicilian humanist, historian and poet, known as a prominent figure of the
Spanish Renaissance.
He first taught Greek and Latin literature in
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
. He moved to Spain and taught for twelve years at the
University of Salamanca. His teaching and books influenced the development of the Spanish Renaissance, and his disciples included Alfono de Segura. King
Ferdinand brought him to the royal court to serve as chaplain and chronicler. He was also charged with the education of the children of the nobility.
Works
* ''
De laudibus Hispaniae Libri VII'' (Burgos, 1496)
* ''
De rebus Hispaniae memorabilibus Libri XXV'' (Alcalá, 1530)
* ''
De Aragoniae Regibus et eorum rebus gestis libri V
''De Aragoniae Regibus et eorum rebus gestis libri V'' (English: ''The Kings of Aragon and their works, in 5 volumes'') is a chronicle written in Zaragoza in 1509 by Lucio Marineo Siculo{{Cite web, url=http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp ...
'' (Zaragoza, 1509)
* ''Epistolarum familiarum libri XVII''
References
MARINEO, Luca, detto Lucio Marineo Siculo ''
Dizionario biografico degli italiani''.
1444 births
1533 deaths
People from Vizzini
15th-century Italian historians
Academic staff of the University of Salamanca
Writers from Sicily
Italian Renaissance humanists
Italian expatriates in Spain
16th-century Italian historians
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