Pietro Bembo
Italian scholar and poet
Pietro Bembo, O.S.I.H. was an Italian scholar, poet, and literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller, and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Wikipedia
Born: May 20, 1470, Venice, Italy
Died: January 18, 1547 (age 76 years), Rome, Italy
Language: Italian, Tuscan dialect
Place of burial: Basilica of Saint Mary of Minerva, Rome, Italy
Education: University of Padua
Literary movement: Renaissance literature, Petrarchism
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