Francesco Colonna (born 1453)
Francesco Colonna may refer to: * Francesco Colonna (writer) (1433–1527), Italian Dominican priest and monk credited with the authorship of the ''Hypnerotomachia Poliphili'' * Francesco Colonna (bishop) Francesco Colonna (1597 – 29 Jun 1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Castro di Puglia (1642–1653).
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Francesco Colonna (writer)
Francesco Colonna (1433/1434 – 1527) was an Italian Dominican priest and monk who was credited with the authorship of the '' Hypnerotomachia Poliphili'' by an acrostic formed by initial letters of the text. He lived in Venice, and preached at St. Mark's Cathedral. Besides '' Hypnerotomachia Poliphili'', he definitely wrote a Latin epic poem, ''Delfili Somnium'' (the "Dream of Delfilo"), which went unpublished in his lifetime and was not published until 1959. Colonna spent part of his life in the monastery of San Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, but the monastery was apparently not of the strictest observance and Colonna was granted leave to live outside its walls. In Ian Caldwell's and Dustin Thomason's novel ''The Rule of Four'', the Roman noble of the same name, Francesco Colonna, is featured as the true author of the ''Hypnerotomachia Poliphili''.A comparable conclusion was reached in G. Goebel, "Le songe de Francesco Colonna, prince prenestin", ''Fifteenth Century Studies'', ...
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