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Serafino Dell' Aquila
The Italian poet and musician Serafino dell'Aquila or Aquilano is alternatively named Serafino dei Ciminelli from the family to which he belonged. He was born in what was then the Neapolitan town of L'Aquila on 6 January 1466 and died of a fever in Rome on 10 August 1500. As a writer he was one of the foremost of the stylistic followers of Petrarch and his work was later influential on both French and English Petrarchan poets. Life Serafino’s parents were Francesco Ciminelli and Lippa de' Legistis. In 1478 he was taken to Naples by his maternal uncle Paolo de' Legistis, secretary to Antonio de Guevara, Count of Potenza, and became a page in his court. There he studied music and possibly composition, at first with the visiting Flemish musician Guillaume Garnier and then Josquin des Préz. On the death of his father in 1481 he returned to Aquila, where he gained fame for performing the poetry of Petrarch to his own accompaniment on the lute. Leaving for Rome in 1484, he entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Serafino is an Italian given name. It may refer to: People * Serafino de Montegranaro (1540–1604), Italian Capuchin friar * Serafino de' Serafini (1323-1393), Italian painter * Serafino Belfanti (1860–1939), Italian immunologist * Serafino Biagioni (1920–1983), Italian bicycle racer * Serafino Brizzi (1684–1724), Italian engraver * Serafino Cretoni (1833–1909), Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Serafino De Tivoli (1826–1892), Italian artist of the Macchiaioli group * Serafino dell'Aquila (1466–1500), Italian poet and improvisatore * Serafino Dubois (1817–1899), Italian chess player * Serafino Ghizzoni (born 1954), former Italian international rugby union footballer * Serafino Mazzolini (1890–1945), Italian lawyer, politician and journalist * Serafino Mazzarochi (1890–1961), Italian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Serafino Porrecta (1536–1614), Italian-Dominican theologian * Serafino Vannutelli (1834–1915), Italian Cardinal Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
