Stefano Fieschi (Latin Stephanus Fliscus or Philiscus) of Soncino, was a 15th-century Italian scholar, episcopal secretary, and pedagogue.

Biography

Fliscus was a student of the famous rhetorician Gasparino Barzizza from about 1429–1430. He was a secretary to Zenone Castiglione, bishop of

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Fliscus is best known for his ''Sententiarum variationes seu Synonyma,'' a collection of sentences in Latin and other languages as an aid for letter-writing. This popular collection was republished as part of Albrecht von Eyb's ''Praecepta artis rhetoricae'' and ''Margarita poetica.'' Succeeding editions included German, Italian, Dutch, French, and Spanish sentence equivalents. The Spanish version was printed by

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's publisher. Fliscus also published a version under the title ''De componendis epistolis.''

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