Pietro, da Moglio, -1383
Humanist teacher. Possibly a pupil of Giovanni del Virgilio, he opened a private school of grammar and rhetoric in Bologna which was attended by figures such as Coluccio Salutati. Professor of Rhetoric in Padua from 1362-1368. He was a commentator on the tragedies of Seneca and Terence.
- HMML ID
- 745402420986
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- LC name
- Pietro, da Moglio, -1383
- HMML name
- Pietro, da Moglio, -1383
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Variants
- Da Moglio, Pietro
- Moglio, Pietro da
- Moglo, Petrus de
- Muglio, Petrus de
- Mulgio, Petrus de
- Mulio, Petrus de
- Petrus, de Emulio
- Petrus, de Moglo
- Petrus, de Muglio
- Petrus, de Mulgio
Name elements
- Given names
- Pietro
Personal information
- Death date
- 1383-10-13
- Centuries
- 14th century CE
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- Males
- Place born
- Place died
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General notes
- Description
- Variants: Petrus de Muglio, de Moglo, de Mulgio, de Mulio, de Emulio, Pietro della Retorica; possibly studied with Giovanni del Virgilio; opened private school in Bologna in 1347; his most famous student = Coluccio Salutati; moved to Padua in 1362; friend of Petrarch, who was highly influential on him
- Citations
- Leonardo Quaquarelli, "Moglio, Pietro da," Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Treccani, vol. 75 (2011), https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pietro-da-moglio_(Dizionario-Biografico).
- Citations
- 42968 (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg im Breisgau, Hs. 3), Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
Preferred citation
"Pietro, da Moglio, -1383." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified July 11, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/745402420986
Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-07-11
- Last edited
- 2023-07-11