Zanobi Acciaioli (25 May 1461 – 27 July 1519) was an Italian

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, a member of the

Acciaioli The Acciaioli, Acciaiuoli, Accioly, Acciajuoli or Acioli was an important family of Florence. Family name is also written Acciaioli, Acciainoli, or Accioly, Accioli, Acioli and Acyoly in Portugal and Brazil, where there are branches of it. Descent ...

family of

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. He was Librarian of the Vatican under

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. He joined the Dominican convent on 8 December 1495. He learned

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and

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towards the latter part of his life, and was appointed in 1518 prefect of the Vatican Library. Acciaioli worked mainly on translating

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texts, including Olympiodorus on Ecclesiastes, a treatise of

Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Chris ...

against Hierocles, and

Theodoret Theodoret of Cyrus or Cyrrhus ( grc-gre, Θεοδώρητος Κύρρου; AD 393 – 458/466) was an influential theologian of the School of Antioch, biblical commentator, and Christian bishop of Cyrrhus (423–457). He played a pi ...

's ''Cure of the false Opinions of the Gentiles'', and some other pieces. He died at the age of 58 in Rome. In addition to his translations, Acciaiuoli also wrote a panegyric on the city of

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; a ''Liber de vindicta Dei contra peccatores''; and poems. Acciaiuoli's own copy of his translation of Eusebius is in the Vatican Library. It includes corrections and annotations by him, and is signed on the title page, "F. Zenobii Acciolj". __NOTOC__

Works

Translations

. ''In Hieroclem''. Dedicated to

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. First published by Aldus in 1504. * Olympiodorus. ''In Ecclesiasten''. (Henri Estienne, 1512) *

. ''De curatione Graecarum affectionum libri duodecim''. (Paris, Henri Estienne, July 1519) *

. ''De providentia Dei libri X''.

Writings

*Acciaiuoli, Zanobi. ''Liber de vindicta Dei contra peccatores''.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Acciaioli, Zanobi 1461 births 1519 deaths

Zanobi Zanobi is a masculine Italian given name. Origins From the name Greek ''Zenobios'', derived from ''Zeus'' (the God Zeus) and ''bios'' (life), the name can be translated as ''he who takes life from Zeus''. The name is an evolution of Zenobio, which ...

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