About Enoch of Ascoli
Lived 1400 – 1457. Enoch of Ascoli was a teacher.
Enoch of Ascoli ( 1400 – c. 1457) was a humanist and agent of Nicholas V in charge of collecting manuscripts around Europe for the newly founded library of the pope.
He is notably responsible for the finding and retrieval, from Hersfeld Abbey, the only existing manuscript of Tacitus's minor books including the Agricola and the Germania.
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Who was Enoch of Ascoli?
Italian humanist
When was Enoch of Ascoli born?
Enoch of Ascoli was born in 1400 in Papal States.
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Enoch of Ascoli died in 1457.
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Enoch of Ascoli was a teacher.
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