Poggio Bracciolini

Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist. He is noted for rediscovering and recovering many classical Latin manuscripts, mostly decaying and forgotten in German, Swiss, and French monastic libraries.

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Who was born first?

• Poggio Bracciolini and Jerome of Prague were born the same year
• Poggio Bracciolini and Joseph Albo were born the same year
• Poggio Bracciolini was born 1 year before Rita of Cascia
• Poggio Bracciolini was born 1 year before Lawrence Giustiniani
• Poggio Bracciolini was born 2 years after Vittorino da Feltre

Timeline

1. Vittorino da Feltre1378 – February 2, 1446
2. Jerome of Praguecirca 1380 – May 30, 1416
3. Joseph Albocirca 1380 – 1444
4. Poggio Bracciolini (this page)February 11, 1380 – October 30, 1459
5. Lawrence GiustinianiJuly 1, 1381 – January 8, 1456
6. Rita of Cascia1381 – May 22, 1457

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