Vincenzo Leonio
Vincenzo Leoni (9 February 1650 – 26 June 1720) was an Italian lawyer and poet, and in 1690 was one of the original founders of the Academy of Arcadia.
Biography[]
He was born to an aristocratic family in Spoleto; he then studied law in Macerata After practicing law in Rome for a few years, he became a writer and founder in the Accademia degli Arcadi (Academy of the Arcadians), aiming to extirpate the ruling taste and oddities introduced into the poetic language.[1] For the academy, he took the name of Uranius Tegeaeus.[2] Some of his elegies were included in Arcadum Carmina, Rome, 1757. Some of his works were published in the second volume of Vite degli Arcadi illustri.[3]
References[]
- ^ estirpare il cattivo gusto e le bizzarrie che si erano introdotti nella lingua poetica
- ^ Le vite degli Arcadi illustri scritte da diversi autori, Volume 4, by Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni, Publisher Antonio di Rossi, Rome (1727); pages 26-35.
- ^ Biografia universale antica e moderna ossia Storia per alfabeto, Volume 32, Compiled by a French Society of the Learned; Specific entry by Peries; Republished in Italian by Presso Giovanni Battista Missiaglia, Venice (1826); page 161.
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- 1650 births
- 1720 deaths
- 17th-century Italian poets
- 17th-century Italian male writers
- Italian male poets
- Members of the Academy of Arcadians
- People from Spoleto
- 18th-century Italian poets
- 18th-century Italian male writers
- University and college founders