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Giuliano Dati (1445-1524) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of San Leone from 1518 to 1524.
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 18, 2016"Diocese of San Leone"
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 17, 2016"Titular Episcopal See of San Leone"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved May 17, 2016 Dati is author of three important works. The first is a 1493 adaptation into Italian ''ottava rima'' verse of the account of
Biography
Giuliano Dati was born in 1445. On 26 Feb 1518, he was appointed during the papacy ofPope Leo X
Pope Leo X ( it, Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
Born into the prominent political an ...
as Bishop of San Leone. He served as Bishop of San Leone until his death in 1524."Bishop Giuliano Dati"'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 18, 2016"Diocese of San Leone"
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 17, 2016"Titular Episcopal See of San Leone"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved May 17, 2016 Dati is author of three important works. The first is a 1493 adaptation into Italian ''ottava rima'' verse of the account of
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
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on his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
. The second is the c. 1494 ''Treatise on the Supreme Prester John, Pope and Emperor of India and Ethiopia'' in which he poetically adapts earlier descriptions of Prester John and geographically conflates Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
and India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. The third is the c. 1495 ''Second Song of India'' describing the monsters in Prester John's realm.Silverberg, Robert, ''The Realm of Prester John''. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972, pp. 223-224.
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16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Leo X 1445 births 1524 deaths {{16C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub