About Bastiano de' Rossi
Lived 1550 – 1700. Bastiano de' Rossi was a writer, poet and lexicographer.
Bastiano de' Rossi (1556–1627), nicknamed l'Inferigno, was an Italian philologist and writer.
He was born in San Casciano in Val di Pesa in Tuscany. Bastiano was one of the founders of the Accademia della Crusca, along with Bernardo Canigiani, Antonio Francesco Grazzini, and Lionardo Salviati. As the first secretary of the organization, he helped shepherd the first volumes of the dictionary. His nickname refers to a bread made with unsifted flour containing bran . Subsequent authors misspelled his nickname as Inferrigno,
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Who was Bastiano de' Rossi?
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When was Bastiano de' Rossi born?
Bastiano de' Rossi was born in 1550 in Florence.
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Bastiano de' Rossi died in 1700 in Florence.
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Bastiano de' Rossi was a writer, poet and lexicographer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bastiano de' Rossi. https://biography.guide/bastiano-de-rossi/
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