The Abbot of Tivoli (

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: Abate di Tivoli) was an

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of the thirteenth century. His birth and death dates are not known, but he was alive at least between 1230 and 1250. Only three of his sonnets are known, written as an exchange in ''tenzone'' with

Giacomo da Lentini Giacomo da Lentini, also known as Jacopo da Lentini or with the appellative Il Notaro, was an Italian poet of the 13th century. He was a senior poet of the Sicilian School and was a notary at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. Gi ...

, concerning the nature of love. The abbot argues a conventional perspective on love: "the abbot predictably complains of unrequited love and pledges his fidelity to the god of love in the hope that the lady, like himself, will be stricken by love's arrow." They were probably composed in Tivoli in 1241, the year that the emperor Frederick II resided there. Some believe that his real name was Walter, ''laicus de urbe'', who was loyal to

Pope Innocent IV Pope Innocent IV ( la, Innocentius IV; – 7 December 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254. Fieschi was born in Genoa and studied at the universitie ...

(who mentions him in a letter dated 1250 as a "pious" supporter).''La letteratura italiana'' vol. 1, pag. 109, Edizione speciale per il Corriere della Sera, R.C.S. Quotidiani S.p.A., Milano 2005; Titolo dell'opera originale: Natalino Sapegno ed Emilio Cecchi (diretta da) ''Storia della letteratura italiana'', Garzanti Grandi opere, Milano 2001 e De Agostini Editore, Novara 2005, ISSN 1824-9280

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