About Benvenuto Campesani
Lived 1255 – 1323 (aged 67–68). Benvenuto Campesani was a poet and notary.
Benvenuto Campesani (c. 1250 – 1323) was a Vicentine poet and notary.
He composed in particular a short poem in elegiac couplets "on the resurrection of Catullus, Veronese poet"; that is, on some event related to a manuscript of Catullus. The poem is apparently written as a sort of a riddle, and its precise meaning is unclear. It tells of some compatriot of Catullus, probably named Franciscus (Francesco), who presumably either found the manuscript, or brought it to Verona from some other place, or made a new copy of it.
Campesani was a supporter of Cangrande della Scala, whose Christian name also happens to be Francesco.
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Who was Benvenuto Campesani?
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When was Benvenuto Campesani born?
Benvenuto Campesani was born in 1255 in Vicenza.
When did Benvenuto Campesani die?
Benvenuto Campesani died in 1323.
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Benvenuto Campesani was a poet and notary.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Benvenuto Campesani. https://biography.guide/benvenuto-campesani/
MLA: "Benvenuto Campesani." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/benvenuto-campesani/.
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