Giovanni Aurispa

Italian priest and classical scholar

Person human Q770787

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[23]
Date of birth: 1376, 1376^[9]
Date of death: May 1459, 1459^[10]
Place of birth: Noto
Place of death: Ferrara
Occupation: linguist, historian, translator, classical scholar
Employer: University of Bologna, University of Florence, University of Ferrara^[11]^[12]^[13]
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church^[22]
Notable work: Dialogi mortuorum, De praecedentia Alexandri, Hannibalis et Scipionis, Letters, Translation of the preliminary speech of the Council of Basel, Moralia, Septem sapientum convivium, Aurea carmina^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin^[31]
Described by source: BEIC Digital Library, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Catholic Encyclopedia, New International Encyclopedia, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne (2nd edition, 1843-1865)^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]
Family name: Aurispa^[24]
Given name: Giovanni^[25]
Name in native language: Giovanni Aurispa^[32]
P14608: 100937047
P14977: RETE005592
Student: Lorenzo Valla^[14]
Writing language: Latin^[33]

🏷️ Also known as

en Giovanni Aurispa el Τζιοβάνι Αουρίσπα es Juan Aurispa fr Jean Aurispa fr Giovanni Aurispa pt João Aurispa ru Ауриспа, Джованни ru Джованни Ауриспа sv Giovanni Aurispa Piciunerio

🔖 Identifiers · 58

ISNI: 0000000118452345
VIAF cluster ID: 100166736
Library of Congress authority ID: n87829557
GND ID: 100937047
ARLIMA ID: 1254
Bibale ID: 104997
Biblioteche dei filosofi ID: 196
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12560373k
Biblissima authority ID: North Tapanuli
Bod-Inc Online author ID: 546
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp01352719
Catholic Encyclopedia ID: 02112a

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Corpus Corporum author ID: Aurispa_Giovanni
DDB person (GND) ID: 100937047
DLL Catalog author ID: A2963
De Agostini ID: Aurispa,+Giovanni
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 100937047
EDIT16 catalogue author ID: 6431
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 80724
FAST ID: 1805773
FactGrid item ID: Saint-Michel-de-Villadeix
Freebase ID: /m/084093
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: giovanni-aurispa
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0006167
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID: person/309652475896
IdRef ID: 034900446
KBR person ID: 14244274
Manus Online author ID: 87077
Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries person ID: 100166736
Mirabile author ID: 22492
Münzkabinett ID: person/10388
NBM authority ID: 5946
NLA Trove people ID: 1460228
NUKAT ID: n2012215811
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000013212
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007258077505171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1584991
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070244049
Open Library ID: OL4599204A
OpenMLOL author ID: 113366
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095434626
PUG authority ID: 40243
Parsifal cluster ID: 134873, 629865
Pinakes copyist or possessor ID: 288
Poeti d'Italia in lingua latina author ID: 74
RERO ID (legacy): A002952629
SBN author ID: SBLV198938
SEARCH on line catalogue ID: 63211
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 218778, 530622
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID: 1938
Teuchos ID: P-Aurispa.Giovanni
Treccani ID: giovanni-aurispa
Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID: giovanni-aurispa
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: giovanni-aurispa
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 263814
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV10053897
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/125641
Yale LUX ID: person/511ae965-ff9f-4360-945d-d37b54ad5810

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🔗 Connections

Described by source 4

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, BEIC Digital Library

Occupation 4

historian, translator, linguist, classical scholar

Employer 3

University of Bologna, University of Florence, University of Ferrara

FactGrid item ID 1

Saint-Michel-de-Villadeix

Given name 1

Giovanni

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Latin

Place of birth 1

Noto

Place of death 1

Ferrara

Religion or worldview 1

Catholic Church

Sex or gender 1

male

Student 1

Lorenzo Valla

Students 1

Lorenzo Valla

Writing language 1

Latin

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Summary

Giovanni Aurispa was born in 1376^[1] in Noto^[2]. He died in May 1459^[3] in Ferrara^[4]. He worked as a linguist^[5], historian^[6], translator^[7], and classical scholar^[8].

FAQs

Where was Giovanni Aurispa born?

Giovanni Aurispa was born in Noto^[2].

Where did Giovanni Aurispa die?

Giovanni Aurispa passed away in Ferrara^[4].

What did Giovanni Aurispa do for work?

Giovanni Aurispa worked as a linguist^[5], historian^[6], translator^[7], and classical scholar^[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — place of birth (P19): Noto. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved 2021-05-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — place of death (P20): Ferrara. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved 2021-05-19. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — occupation (P106): linguist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — occupation (P106): historian. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — occupation (P106): translator. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — occupation (P106): classical scholar. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved 2021-05-19. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — employer (P108): University of Bologna. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — employer (P108): University of Florence. Retrieved 2019-07-04. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — employer (P108): University of Ferrara. Retrieved 2019-07-04. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — religion or worldview (P140): Catholic Church. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — date of birth (P569): 1376. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved 2021-05-19. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — date of birth (P569): 1376. VcBA (identifier). Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — date of death (P570): May 1459. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved 2021-05-19. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — date of death (P570): 1459. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — family name (P734): Aurispa. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — given name (P735): Giovanni. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — notable work (P800): Dialogi mortuorum. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — notable work (P800): De praecedentia Alexandri, Hannibalis et Scipionis. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — notable work (P800): Letters. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — notable work (P800): Translation of the preliminary speech of the Council of Basel. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — notable work (P800): Moralia. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — notable work (P800): Septem sapientum convivium. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — notable work (P800): Aurea carmina. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — student (P802): Lorenzo Valla. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — described by source (P1343): BEIC Digital Library. digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — described by source (P1343): The Catholic Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — described by source (P1343): New International Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — described by source (P1343): Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne (2nd edition, 1843-1865). wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Latin. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — name in native language (P1559): Giovanni Aurispa. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Giovanni Aurispa — writing language (P6886): Latin. wikidata.org.

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