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Paride da Ceresara

1466 – 1532

Italian poet and astrologer

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Lived 1466 – 1532 (aged 65–66). Paride da Ceresara was a poet and astrologer.

Paride da Ceresara (10 February 1466 – 1532) was an Italian humanist, poet, alchemist and astrologer.

Life He was born in Ceresara and was descended from the Ceresara, a noble family. He was in the service of Isabella d'Este in Mantua and came up with the mythological, allegorical and celebratory themes for at least two of the paintings in her noted studiolo and perhaps the whole cycle. Paride collected and translated classical works such as Plautus' Aulularia and also studied Hebrew. He also wrote a number of erotic sonnets, signed with his pseudonyms Patrizio Tricasso and Patrizio Tricasso da Ceresara.

He was hosted at the court of Aloisio Gonzaga in Castel Goffredo as an astrologer. He was summoned to Mantua in 1532 by Federico II Gonzaga to become podestà of the city, where Paride built the Palazzo del Diavolo on the corso Predella (now corso Vittorio Emanuele II) as his personal residence. He died in Mantua.

Works Expositione del Tricasso Mantovano sopra il Cocle, Venezia, published by Vettor q. Piero Ravano, 1535 Epitoma Chyromantico di Patritio Tricasso da Ceresari mantovano, Venezia, published by Agostino de Bindoni, 1538 Rime, edited by A. Comboni, Olschki, Firenze 2004

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Italian poet and astrologer

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Paride da Ceresara was born on 10 February 1466 in Ceresara.

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Paride da Ceresara died in 1532 in Mantua.

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Paride da Ceresara was a poet and astrologer.

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· Wikidata: Q3365073

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