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    Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503), later known as Giovanni Gioviano (Latin: Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus), was a humanist and poet from Cerreto di Spoleto, in...
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  • Giovanni Battista Pontano or Giovanni Battista Montano (died 1662) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (1632–1662)....
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    Maggiore alla Pietrasanta. The chapel was built in 1492 by humanist Giovanni Pontano as funerary chapel for his beloved wife Adriana Sassone. The architects...
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    and trans. Mary P. Chatfield, trans. Betty Radice, 2005 Baiae, Giovanni Gioviano Pontano, ed. and trans. Dennis G. Rodney, 2006 Letters, Volume 1, Angelo...
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  • Giovanni Pontano, a distinguished writer, and his beautiful wife Lidia visit their dying friend Tommaso Garani in a hospital in Milan. Giovanni's new...
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  • alphabet". It was first coined in a Latin dialogue by the Italian humanist Giovanni Pontano in the 15th century. Alliteration is used in the alliterative verse...
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    which gave examples of leadership behavior to educate future rulers. Giovanni Pontano, Bartolomeo Sacchi, Leon Battista Alberti and Baldassare Castiglione...
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    in Naples during the revival of classical learning and later led by Giovanni Pontano who gave it a more official character to the meetings. The Accademia...
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    years ago. The crater is named after the 15th-century Italian poet Giovanni Pontano. By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing...
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    father's humanist court. His tutor between 1468 and 1475 was the humanist Giovanni Pontano, whose De principe describes the proper virtues and manner of life...
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