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GUIDICCIONI, GIOVANNI (1480-1541)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 687 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GUIDICCIONI, GIOVANNI (1480-1541) , See also:Italian poet, was See also:born at See also:Lucca in 1480, and died at See also:Macerata in 1541. He occupied a high position, being See also:bishop of See also:Fossombrone and See also:president of Romagna. The latter See also:office nearly cost him his See also:life; a murderer attempted to kill him, and had already touched his See also:breast with his See also:dagger when, conquered by the resolute calmness of the See also:prelate, he threw away the weapon and See also:fell at his feet, asking forgiveness. The Rime and Letters of Guidiccioni are See also:models of elegant and natural Italian See also:style. The best See also:editions are those of See also:Genoa (1749), See also:Bergamo (1753) and See also:Florence (1878).

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