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Croatian-Hungarian poet

Person · Open Library

Born
1434
Died
1472
Works
24

Top works

  • Ioannis Pannonii ... Panegyricus
  • Iani Pannonii ... Sylua panegyrica ad Guarinum veronensem, praeceptorem suum
  • Panegyricus in Guarinum Veronensem
  • Jani Pannonii Poemata
  • Ioannis Pannonii ... Sylua panegyrica in Guarini veronẽsis praeceptoris sui laudem condita ...

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Germany
darkwave

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3
Total plays
7

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Quotes

  • Tam doctus scribat cur nil Aurispa, requiris? Credatur multò doctus ut esse magis.
  • Quid tibi cum claudo, dicebam, Prisca, marito? Optimus est claudus, Prisca, fututor, ait.
  • Dum quasses aliena fulcra moechus, uxori propriae, Severe, parcis. Sic, cui cellula rumpitur Falerno, Vicina bibit Hodus e taberna.
  • Hic situs est Janus, patrium qui primus ad Histrum, duxit laurigeras, ex Helicone Deas. Hunc saltem titulum, Livor, permitte sepulto, invidiae non est in monumenta locus.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Croatia
Place of birth
Čazma
Place of death
Medvedgrad
Occupation
translator
Position held
diocesan bishop
Languages spoken
Hungarian
Image
Portrait de Janus Pannonius.jpg
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Commons category
Janus Pannonius
date of birth
1434-09-07
date of death
1472-04-05
place of burial
Pécs Cathedral
writing language
Latin
influenced by
Martial
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

Portrait of Pannonius, from a codex of Plautus Janus Pannonius (Hungarian: Csezmiczei János or Cesencei János, Latin: Ioannes Pannonius, Croatian: Ivan Česmički; 29 August 1434 – 27 March 1472) was an influential intellectual in the Kingdom of Hungary, a Latinist, poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs. He was the most significant poet of the Renaissance in the Kingdom of Hungary and one of the better-known figures of humanist poetry in Europe.

Life

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