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Jacopone da Todi
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Jacopone da Todi, O.F.M. (ca. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria in the 13th century. He wrote several laude (songs in praise of the Lord) in the local vernacular. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre, being one of the earliest scholars who dramatised Gospel subjects. Benedetti's satirical and denunciatory Laude witness to the troubled times of the warring city-states of northern Italy and the material and spiritual crisis that accompanied them. <a href="
Key facts
- Born
- Jacopo dei Benedetti, c. 1230 , Todi , Umbria , Papal States
- Died
- 25 December 1306, Collazzone , Umbria, Papal States
- Venerated in
- Order of Friars Minor &, Todi , Perugia , Italy
- Major shrine
- Church of San Fortunato, Todi, Perugia , Italy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Todi
- Place of death
- Collazzone
- Occupation
- jurist
- Educated at
- University of Bologna
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Paolo Uccello 040.jpg
- Religious order
- Order of Friars Minor
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- date of birth
- 1236-00-00
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- Jacopone da Todi
- date of death
- 1306-12-25
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- topic's main category
- Category:Jacopone da Todi
- place of burial
- Umbria
- feast day
- December 25
- birth name
- Jacopo dei Benedetti
- name in native language
- Jacopone da Todi
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- Wildhuser Schafberg
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Works in European collections
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Encyclopedic overview
Jacopone da Todi O.F.M. (c. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria. He wrote several laude (songs in praise of the Lord) in the local vernacular. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre, being one of the earliest scholars who dramatised Gospel subjects.
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