, a native of Lucca, born in 1477, was educated in all the polite
, a native of Lucca, born in
1477, was educated in all the polite literature of Italy, and
became apostolic notary, and collector for the pope Jn
England. Here he spent the latter years of his life, in the
society and intimacy of the most eminent scholars of that
time, as Colet, Grocyn, Erasmus, &c. and studied with
them at Oxford. He was also Latin secretary, and in
much favour with Adrian de Castello, bishop of Bath and
Wells, who is said to have made such interest as procured
him the secretaryship to Henry VIII. He was also made
prebendary of Compton-Dunden in the church of Wells,
and, as some report, rector of Dychiat in the same diocese.
By the recommendation of the king he was also made a
prebendary of Salisbury, and in all probability, would have
soon attained higher preferment, had he not been cut off
by the sweating sickness, in the prime of life, 1517. Erasmus, with whom he corresponded, lamented his death in
most affectionate terms. He is mentioned as a writer of
poetry, but his poems do not exist either in print or manuscript, except one short piece in the “Bucolicorum auctores,
” Basil,
, a learned Jesuit of the sixteenth century, was a native of Lucca, in the diocese of Carthagena, in Spain. His
, a learned Jesuit of the sixteenth
century, was a native of Lucca, in the diocese of Carthagena, in Spain. His merit preferred him to eminence in
his society, where he was rector of several colleges. He
professed humanity with reputation in many other places,
particularly at Alcala, and at Rome, where he died in
1603. He published “Institutionum Moralium, tomi
tres,
” Rome, In Cantica Canticorum
commentaria juxta historicum et allegoricum sensum,
”
which does not appear to have been printed.