, in Latin Angelutius, an Italian poet and physician, who flourished
, in Latin Angelutius, an
Italian poet and physician, who flourished about the end
of the sixteenth century, was born at Belforte, a castle
near Tolentino, in the march of Ancona. He was a physician by profession, and, on account of his successful
practice, was chosen a citizen of Trevisa, and some other
towns. He acquired also considerable reputation by a literary controversy with Francis Patrizi, respecting Aristotle.
Some writers inform us that he had been one of the professors of Padua, but Riccoboni, Tomasini, and Papadopoli,
the historians of that university, make no mention of him.
We learn from himself, in one of his dedications, that he
resided for some time at Rome, and that in 1593 he was at
Venice, an exile from his country, and in great distress, but
he says nothing of a residence in France, where, if according to some, he had been educated, we cannot suppose he
would have omitted so remarkable a circumstance in his
history. He was a member of the academy of Venice, and
died in 1600, at Montagnana, where he was the principal
physician, and from which his corpse was brought for interment at Trevisa. He is the author of, 1. “Sententia
quod Metaphygica sit eadem que Physica,
” Venice, 1584,
4to. This is a defence of Aristotle against Patrizi, who
preferred Plato. Patrizi answered it, and Angelucci followed with, 2. “Exercitationum cum Patricio liber,
” Ve
nice, 1585, 4to. 3. “Ars Medica, ex Hippocratis et Galeni thesauris potissimum deprompta,
” Venice, 1593, 4to.
4. “De natura et curatione malignae Febris,
” Venice,
1593, 4to. This was severely attacked by Donatelli de
Castiglione, to whom Angelucci replied, in the same year
in a tract entitled “Bactria, quibus rudens quidam ac falsus criminator valide repercutitur.
” 5. “Deus, canzone
spirituale di Celio magno, &c. con due Lezioni di T. Angelucci,
” Venice, 1597, 4to. 6. “Capitolo in lode clella
pazzia,
” inserted by Garzoni, to whom it was addressed
in his hospital of fools, “Ospitale de pazzi,
” Venice, 1586
and 1601. 7. “Eneide di Virgilio, tradotto in verso sciolto,
” Naples, 1649, 12mo. This, which is the only edition, is very scarce, and highly praised by the Italian critics,
but some have attributed it to father Ignatio Angelucci, a
Jesuit; others are of opinion that Ignatio left no work which
an induce us to believe him capable of such a translation.