Ermolao Barbaro (bishop)
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Ermolao Barbaro was an Italian prelate. He is sometimes referred to as "the elder" to distinguish him from his relative Ermolao Barbaro
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. around the year 1410. As a child, he studied the Greek language with Guarino Veronese. When he was 12 years old he made a Latin translation of 33 of Aesop's Fables
. Barbaro studied at the University of Padua
, where he graduated in 1425. Among his teachers was Guarino Guarini.
Later he moved to Rome where he entered Papal service. In 1435, Pope Eugene IV named him apostolic prothonotary and in 1443 appointed Barbaro as Bishop of Treviso.
In 1447, the Pope promised Barbaro the nomination as Bishop of Bergamo, but instead appointed Polidoro Foscari to the position. Barbaro left Rome and traveled Italy, but he returned to work in the curia and remained there until 1453. Nicholas V appointed him Bishop of Verona and Barbaro settled there on a permanent basis,
except for a brief period in Perugia
, from 1460 to 1462, as governor. In 1459, Barbaro assisted with the council held by Pius II at Mantua
. In 1560, he was sent as a papal legate to Charles VII of France
Barbaro was responsible for the construction of the Bishop’s Palace at Monteforte d'Alpone
between 1453–1471, designed by Michele da Caravaggio. He also tranalated the biography of Saint Athanasius by Eusebius of Cesarea. He died in Venice in 1471.
Ermolao Barbaro
Ermolao or Hermolao Barbaro, also Hermolaus Barbarus , was an Italian Renaissance scholar.-Education:Ermolao Barbaro was born in Venice, the son of Zaccaria Barbaro, and the grandson of Francesco Barbaro...
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History
Ermolao Barbaro was born into the Venetian Barbaro family, the son of Zaccaria Barbaro and nephew to Francesco BarbaroFrancesco Barbaro
Francesco Barbaro was an Italian politician, diplomat, and humanist from Venice, a member of the patrician Barbaro family. He is interred in the Church of the Frari, Venice.- Family :...
. around the year 1410. As a child, he studied the Greek language with Guarino Veronese. When he was 12 years old he made a Latin translation of 33 of Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...
. Barbaro studied at the University of Padua
University of Padua
The University of Padua is a premier Italian university located in the city of Padua, Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among the earliest universities of the world and the second...
, where he graduated in 1425. Among his teachers was Guarino Guarini.
Later he moved to Rome where he entered Papal service. In 1435, Pope Eugene IV named him apostolic prothonotary and in 1443 appointed Barbaro as Bishop of Treviso.
In 1447, the Pope promised Barbaro the nomination as Bishop of Bergamo, but instead appointed Polidoro Foscari to the position. Barbaro left Rome and traveled Italy, but he returned to work in the curia and remained there until 1453. Nicholas V appointed him Bishop of Verona and Barbaro settled there on a permanent basis,
except for a brief period in Perugia
Perugia
Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
, from 1460 to 1462, as governor. In 1459, Barbaro assisted with the council held by Pius II at Mantua
Mantua
Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole...
. In 1560, he was sent as a papal legate to Charles VII of France
Charles VII of France
Charles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was King of France from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent, the Duke of Bedford, ruled much of France including the capital, Paris...
Barbaro was responsible for the construction of the Bishop’s Palace at Monteforte d'Alpone
Monteforte d'Alpone
Monteforte d'Alpone is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km west of Venice and about 25 km east of Verona....
between 1453–1471, designed by Michele da Caravaggio. He also tranalated the biography of Saint Athanasius by Eusebius of Cesarea. He died in Venice in 1471.
Modern Italian editions of his works
- Ermolao Barbaro il Vecchio.Orationes contra poetas. Epistolae. Critical edition by Giorgio Ronconi. 16x24 cm, pp VIII+186. 16x24 cm, VIII +186 pp. Florence: Sansoni, 1972. Publications of the Faculty of the University of Padua
- Ermolao Barbaro il Vecchio. Aesop Fabulae. Edited by Cristina Cocco. 22 cm, pp. Genoa: D.AR.FI.CL.ET., 1994. Trad. italiana a fronte
- Hermolao Barbaro seniore interprete. Aesopi fabulae. Edited by Cristina Cocco, 25 cm, pp 155, Florence: SISMEL-Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2007. Il ritorno dei classici nell'umanesimo. National edition of the translations of Greek texts in humanistic and Renaissance age. ISBN 9788884502506
Sources
- Girolamo TiraboschiGirolamo TiraboschiGirolamo Tiraboschi was an Italian literary critic, the first historian of Italian literature.-Biography:Born in Bergamo, he studied at the Jesuit college in Monza, entered the order, and was appointed in 1755 professor of eloquence in the University of Milan...
, History of Italian Literature, Vol. VI, ed. Florence, 1819 - Vespasiano da BisticciVespasiano da BisticciVespasiano da Bisticci was an Italian humanist and librarian .Born near Rignano sull'Arno, not far from Florence, he was chiefly a dealer in books, or cartolaio, and had a share in the formation of all the great libraries of the time...
, Lives of Illustrious Men of the Fifteenth Century', ed. Barbera-Bianchi, Florence, 1859 - Pio Paschini, Three Eminent Prelates of the Renaissance: Ermolao Barbaro, Adriano Castellesi, Giovanni Grimani, Rome, Facultas Theologica Pontificii Athenaei Lateranensis, 1957