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Janus Pannonius

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Croatian-Hungarian poet

About Janus Pannonius

Janus Pannonius (Hungarian: Csezmiczei János or Cesencei János, Latin: Ioannes Pannonius, Croatian: Ivan Česmički; 29 August 1434 – 27 March 1472) was an influential intellectual in the Kingdom of Hungary, a Latinist, poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs. He was the most significant poet of the Renaissance in the Kingdom of Hungary and one of the better-known figures of humanist poetry in Europe.

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Known for
De morte Barbarae, Laus Andreae Mantegnae pictoris, De se aegrotante in castris
Born
1434-09-07
Died
1472-04-05

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