Giovanni Tortelli

Italian Renaissance humanist
Person human Q5564003

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
1400
Date of death
April 26, 1466
Place of birth
Arezzo
Place of death
Rome
Position held
abbot[12]
Notable work
De orthographia, De venenis[14][15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
renaissance Latin, Italian[22][23]
Family name
Tortelli[17]
Given name
Giovanni[18]
Native language
Italian[10]
P14977
RETE086176
🏷️ Also known as
en John Tortelli en Giovanni Tortelli cs Johannes Aretinus cs Johannes Tortellius cs Jean Tortelli de Johannes Tortellius de Johannes Tortellius Aretinus de Tortellius Aretinus de Johannes Tortelius de Aretinus de Jean Tortelli de Johannes Aretinus de Johannes de Tortellis de Aretio el Τζοβάννι Τορτέλλι fr Iohannes Tortellius
🔖 Identifiers · 65
VIAF cluster ID
307181319
Library of Congress authority ID
n90720012
GND ID
119338165
ARLIMA ID
18223
American Academy in Rome ID
12436386
BVMC person ID
31936, 59996
BVPB authority ID
79746
Base Budé person ID
1913
Bibale ID
40307
Biblioteca Iglesia Nacional Española en Roma ID
55424
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
125503245
Biblissima authority ID
Cloppenburg
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01351692
CONOR.SI ID
225293411
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10672003
Catalogue of the Capitular Library of Verona author ID
4350
DDB person (GND) ID
119338165
De Agostini ID
Tortèlli,+Giovanni
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119338165
EDIT16 catalogue author ID
10856
FAST ID
278737
Freebase ID
/m/0hndvsj
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/220911397754
IdRef ID
069156158
IxTheo authority ID
08014683X
KBR person ID
14520792
Libraries Australia ID
35736417
Libris-URI
sq47ffhb36lp4vr
Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries person ID
307181319
Medvik ID
ola2002161386
NBM authority ID
20516
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002161386
NLA Trove people ID
1064072
NUKAT ID
n2010179104
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CHax;=B0
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9811240015205606
National Library of Portugal ID
76458
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
145559912
Open Library ID
OL4849991A
OpenMLOL author ID
103492, 431512
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803105017235
PUG authority ID
118102
Parsifal cluster ID
384120
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
1208978
RERO ID (legacy)
A012347038
SBN author ID
RMLV023680
SEARCH on line catalogue ID
55642
SELIBR ID
353860
SNAC ARK ID
w6ws951r
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
2299
Svenska Institutet i Rom ID
50338
Treccani's Biographical Dictionary of Italian People ID
giovanni-tortelli
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
giovanni-tortelli
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
1937
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10104560, ADV12266539, ADV12247124
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/9995
Wellcome Collection concept ID
txz7n8u4
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJy4bkfM9pwpVh4pGFhT73

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Occupation 1
Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
Position held 1
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Summary

Giovanni Tortelli was born on 1400[1] in Arezzo[2]. He died on April 26, 1466[3], in Rome[4]. He worked as a librarian[5], Renaissance humanist[6], humanist[7], classical philologist[8], and scholar[9].

FAQs

Where was Giovanni Tortelli born?

Giovanni Tortelli's place of birth was Arezzo[2].

Where did Giovanni Tortelli die?

Giovanni Tortelli died in Rome[4].

What did Giovanni Tortelli do for work?

Giovanni Tortelli worked as a librarian[5], Renaissance humanist[6], humanist[7], classical philologist[8], and scholar[9].

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  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Languages spoken, written or signed → renaissance Latin, Italian
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  4. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 21w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Lithuania ID → LNB:CHax;=B0
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  7. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → librarian, Renaissance humanist, humanist +3
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  8. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01351692
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  9. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Student of → Francesco Filelfo, Carlo Marsuppini, Vittorino da Feltre
    Place of death → Rome
    Given name → Giovanni
    Position held → abbot
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