Raffaele Zovenzoni (1431 – circa 1484) was an Italian

humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humanism" ha ...

and writer. He was born in

Trieste Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, ...

, and received his early education. He then studied law at Padua. He studied under

Guarino da Verona Guarino Veronese or Guarino da Verona (1374 – 14 December 1460) was an Italian classical scholar, humanist, and translator of ancient Greek texts during the Renaissance. In the republics of Florence and Venice he studied under Manuel Chryso ...

, and thereafter taught in Capo d'Istria (now

Koper Koper (; ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fifth-largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Slovenian Istria, Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, Koper is the main urban center of the Slovene coast. Port of Koper i ...

), where he was patronized by the proveditore of Venice, Marcello. He also lived in Trieste (1466–1470). He was prompted by Johannes Hinderbach,

Prince-Bishop of Trent The Prince-Bishopric of Trent (; ) was an ecclesiastical principality roughly corresponding to the present-day Northern Italian autonomous province of Trentino. It was created in 1027 and existed until 1803, when it was secularised and absorbe ...

, to write an antisemitic hymn about

Simon of Trent Simon of Trent (; , also known as ; 1472–1475), also known as Saint Simon (or Simeon) of Trent, was a young boy from the city of Trento, Trent, in the Prince-Bishopric of Trent (now Trentino, Italy), whose disappearance and death were blamed on ...

.Trent 1475: Stories of a Ritual Murder Trial
by R. Po-chia Hsia, Bojia Xia (1992), page 51.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zovenzoni, Raffaele Italian Renaissance humanists 15th-century Italian writers 1431 births 1484 deaths