Vittoria Colonna
Also known as Marchesa di Pescara Vittoria Colonna, Vittoria, Marchesa di Pescara Colonna, Vittoria Colonna Enriquez, V. Colonna, Victoria Colonna Marchesa de Pescara
Italian poet and noble
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1492
- Died
- 1547
- Works
- 31
Top works
- Rime spirituali
- Tutte le rime della illustriss. et eccelellentiss. Signora Vittoria Colonna, Marchesana di Pescara
- Tvtte le rime della illvstriss ...
- Rime spiritvali della S. Vittoria Colonna marchesana illvstrissima di Pescara
- Tre lettere inedite di Vittoria Colonna, marchesa di Pescara
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- A global reference for human genetic variation
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Article
Vittoria Colonna (April 1492 – 25 February 1547), Marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet. As an educated and married noblewoman whose husband was in captivity, Colonna was able to develop relationships within the intellectual circles of Ischia and Naples. Her early poetry began to attract attention in the late 1510s and she ultimately became one of the most popular poets of 16th-century Italy. Upon the early death of her husband, she took refuge at a convent in Rome. She remained a laywoman but experienced a strong spiritual renewal and remained devoutly religious for the rest of her life.
Early life and marriage