Angelo di Costanzo (1591),

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

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and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

, was born at

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around 1507.

Life

He lived in a literary circle, and fell in love with the beautiful

Vittoria Colonna Vittoria Colonna (April 149225 February 1547), marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet. As an educated, married noblewoman whose husband was in captivity, Colonna was able to develop relationships within the intellectual circl ...

. His great work, ''Le Istorie del regno di Napoli dal 1250 fino al 1498'', first appeared at Naples in 1572, and was the fruit of thirty or forty years labour; but nine more years were devoted to the task before it was issued in its final form at Aquila (1581). It is one of the best known histories of Naples, and the style is distinguished by clearness, simplicity and elegance.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Costanzo 1500s births 1591 deaths Italian poets Italian male poets 16th-century Italian historians Writers from Naples Italian male non-fiction writers 16th-century Neapolitan people