About Nicola Villani
Lived 1590 – 1636 (aged 45–46). Nicola Villani was a poet, historian and philologist.
Nicola (or Niccolò) Villani (1590 – 2 October 1636) was an Italian literary critic and Baroque poet.
Biography Nicola Villani was born in Pistoia in 1590, of a noble family. The famous Medieval chronicler Giovanni Villani was among his ancestors. He studied in Florence, Siena and Pisa, then entered the service of Cardinal Tiberio Muti in Rome.
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Who was Nicola Villani?
born 1590; died 1636
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Nicola Villani was born in 1590 in Pistoia.
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Nicola Villani died in 1636 in Rome.
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Nicola Villani was a poet, historian and philologist.
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