Antonio Bonfini
Antonio Bonfini (Latin variant: Antonius Bonfinius) (1427‒1502) was an Italian humanist and poet serving as a court historian in Hungary under King Matthias Corvinus during the last years of his career. Bonfini was commissioned by Matthias Corvinus to produce a work chronicling the History of Hungary. Bonfini's great work is the Rerum Hungaricarum decades (Decades of Hungarian History).
Antonio Bonfini
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- Name
- Antonio Bonfini
- Born
- 1427
- Died
- 1502
- Occupation
- Priest, canon, chronicler, historian
- Place of death
- Buda
- Nationality
- Papal States
- Languages
- Latin · Italian
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Antonio Bonfini (Latin variant: Antonius Bonfinius) (1427‒1502) was an Italian humanist and poet serving as a court historian in Hungary under King Matthias Corvinus during the last years of his career. Bonfini was commissioned by Matthias Corvinus to produce a work chronicling the History of Hungary. Bonfini's great work is the Rerum Hungaricarum decades (Decades of Hungarian History).
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Bonfini gained invaluable merits in the history-writing of Hungary with this work. Until the late 18th century, this work served as a primary source for Hungarian history in European academic circles.
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• Name — Antonio Bonfini • Born — 1427 • Died — 1502 • Occupation — Priest, canon, chronicler, historian • Subject — History of the Hungarians • Language — Latin • Place of death — Buda • Illustration — Statue of Bonfini in Budapest
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- 1.Antonius Bonfinius Ascolanensis Matthiae Regis Hungariae Historiographus Nome apposto nell'effigie che lo ritrae conservata presso l'archivio storico iconografico della Pinacoteca civica di Ascoli Piceno.
- 2.G. Cantalamessa Carboni, op. cit. pag. 100.
- 3.T. Bozio, De signis ecclesia, libro VI, signum XXX.
- 4.G. Cantalamessa Carboni, op. cit. pag. 96.
- 5.S. Andreantonelli, op. cit. pag. 57.
- 6.Scheda di Antonio Bonfini sul Dizionario biografico degli italiani, Treccani.it
- 7.G. Marinelli. op. cit. pag. 51.
- 8.S. Andreantonelli, op. cit. pag. 206.
- 9.S. Andreantonelli, op. cit. pag. 205.
- 10.G. Marinelli, op. cit. pag. 51.
- 11.G. Cantalamessa Carboni, op. cit. pag. 102.
- 12.Scheda di Antonio Bonfini sul Dizionario biografico degli italiani, Treccani.it
- 13.4 settembre 2021.
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