| Vincenzo Leonio | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1650-02-09)9 February 1650 Spoleto, Papal States |
| Died | 16 January 1720(1720-01-16) (aged 69) Rome, Papal States |
| Resting place | San Marcello al Corso |
| Pen name | Uranio Tegeo |
| Occupation | Poet, lawyer |
| Alma mater | University of Macerata |
| Literary movement | Neoclassicism |
Vincenzo Leonio (9 February 1650 – 16 January 1720) was an Italian lawyer and poet, and in 1690 was one of the original founders of the Academy of Arcadia.
Biography
Vincenzo Leonio was born to an aristocratic family in Spoleto. He graduated in civil law, canon law, and theology from the University of Macerata. After practicing law in Rome for a few years, he became a writer and founder in the Accademia degli Arcadi (Academy of the Arcadians), aiming to extirpate the ruling taste and oddities introduced into the poetic language. For the academy, he took the name of Uranius Tegeaeus. A great admirer of Petrarch, Leonio wrote poetry in both Latin and Italian. Some of his elegies were included in Arcadum Carmina, Rome, 1757. His prose works are collected in the Prose degli Arcadi (Roma 1718). Some of his works were published in the second volume of Vite degli Arcadi illustri.
References
- Estirpare il cattivo gusto e le bizzarrie che si erano introdotti nella lingua poetica.
- Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario (1727). Le vite degli Arcadi illustri scritte da diversi autori. Vol. 4. Rome: Antonio di Rossi. pp. 26–35.
- Biografia universale antica e moderna ossia Storia per alfabeto, Volume 32, Compiled by a French Society of the Learned; Specific entry by Peries; Republished in Italian by Presso Giovanni Battista Missiaglia, Venice (1826); page 161.
External links
- Vagnoni, Debora (2005). "LEONIO, Vincenzo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 64: Latilla–Levi Montalcini (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.