Illicino, Pietro, approximately 1504-1582
Italian humanist, jurist, and teacher who studied in Padua. He spent time at the Polish court from 1547 and held a chair at the university in Kraków, where he taught law and philosophy, before taking a teaching position at the university in Vienna in 1551. His early scholarship focused heavily on humanism: he wrote poetry, authored commentaries on Cicero and Plato, and wrote treatises on philosophy and pedagogical reform. Later in life, he turned more heavily to a study of canon law and advocated for Catholicism during his years as a canon supporting dioceses in Esztergom, Pécs, and Olomouc.
- HMML ID
- 559594183049
- PURL
- LC name
- Illicino, Pietro, approximately 1504-1582
- HMML name
- Illicino, Pietro, approximately 1504-1582
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Illicini, Péter
- Illicinus, Petrus
- Petrus, Illicinus
Name elements
- Given names
- Pietro
- Family names
- Illicino
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1504~
- Death date
- 1582-03-23
- Centuries
- 16th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place born
- Place died
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Affiliations
- Graduate of
- Employer
General notes
- Description
- Pietro Illicino; Petrus Illicinus; Illicini Péter
- Citations
- "Illicini Péter," Wikipedia, accessed September 14, 2023, https://perma.cc/VM2N-9X72.
- Description
- Born ca. 1504, from a Sienese family; studied in Padua with Lazzaro Bonamico, earned doctorate in canon law in 1547; jurist and humanist, knowledgeable in Greek literature; briefly stayed with noble family in Hungary, then moved in 1547 to the Polish court, where he held a chair at the university in Krakow and taught courses in law and philosophy; commented on Cicero's De oratore and Plato's Dialogues; wrote poetry; wrote on pedagogical reform and philosophy in his 1549 Praefationes; took teaching position on law faculty at Univ. Vienna in 1551, then moved to Hungary as a canon of Gran (Esztergom), directed Cinquechiese gymnasium (Pécs); canon of the cathedral and vicar general under bishop of Weissenburg; canon of Olomouc (1571); died in Olomouc on March 23, 1582
- Citations
- Rotraud Becker, "Illicino, Pietro," Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Treccani, vol. 62 (2004), https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pietro-illicino_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/.
- Citations
- 27134 (Universitätsbibliothek Graz, Codex 1219), Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
Preferred citation
"Illicino, Pietro, approximately 1504-1582." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified April 29, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/person/559594183049
Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-09-14
- Last edited
- 2024-04-29