Marcantonio Flaminio | |
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![]() Marcantonio Flaminio. | |
Born | winter 1497/1498 |
Died | February 1550 Rome, Italy |
Pen name | Marcus Antonius Flaminius |
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | Italian |
Period | 1515–1549 |
Literary movement | Renaissance humanism |
Relatives | Giovanni Flaminio (father) |
Marcantonio Flaminio (winter 1497/98 – February 1550), also known as Marcus Antonius Flaminius, was an Italian humanist poet, known for his Neo-Latin works. During his life, he toured the courts and literary centers of Italy. His editing of the popular devotional work, the "Beneficio di Cristo" illustrated a hope that the Catholic Church would move closer to some of the thinking of the Protestant reformers.