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[2] [3] Erculiani's Lettre di philosophia naturale or Letters on Natural Philosophy was published in 1584. Due to some of the unconventional theories presented in her work, she was put on trial by the Roman Inquisition on charges of suspected heresy- for the "blurring of boundaries between natural philosophy and theology."
Little is known for certain of d'Anania's life. His dates of birth and death are uncertain. He was born in Taverna, a city in the province of Catanzaro in Sila Piccola. He later studied natural science, languages and theology, probably in Naples. He certainly lived there for a few years and served as the teacher of the Archbishop Mario Carafa ...
Francesco Patricius was born on 25 April 1529 in Cres. He initially spent his childhood in his hometown. His uncle Giovanni Giorgio Patricius (Ivan Juraj Petriš), who commanded a Venetian warship, took the only nine-year-old boy on a war campaign against the Turks in February 1538.
Ludovico Taverna (or Luigi Taverna, Latin: Ludovicus Taberna, 1535–1617) was an Italian diplomat and bishop, who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain from 1582 to 1585, as Apostolic Nuncio to Venice from 1592 to 1596 and as Bishop of Lodi from 1579 to 1616.
Philosophia et septem artes liberales (Philosophy and the Seven Liberal Arts), as illustrated in the Hortus deliciarum. (Description of the illumination) An illustration of the ecclesia from the Hortus deliciarum Hell, as illustrated in the Hortus deliciarum. The Devil can be seen at bottom right.
Ferdinando Taverna (1558 – 29 August 1619) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. ... (Città di Castello, 1595–1596) and Fermo (vice-governor in 1595–1596 ...
Born into poverty in Stilo, [2] in the province of Reggio di Calabria in Calabria, southern Italy, Campanella was a child prodigy. Son of an illiterate cobbler, he entered the Dominican Order before the age of fourteen, [3] taking the name of fra' Tommaso in honour of Thomas Aquinas. He studied theology and philosophy with several masters.
Raffaele Maffei. Raffaele Maffei OSM (17 February 1451 – 25 January 1522) [1] was an Italian humanist, historian and theologian; and member of the Servite Order.He was a native of Volterra, Italy, and therefore is called Raphael Volaterranus or Raphael of Volterra; also Maffeus Volaterranus, or Raffaele Volterrano.