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Bartolomeo Platina

1421 - 1481

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Bartolomeo Sacchi (Italian: [ˌbartɔlɔˈmɛɔ ˈsakki]; 1421 – 21 September 1481), known as il Platina (Italian: [il ˈplatina]) after his birthplace of Piadena, was an Italian Renaissance humanist writer and gastronomist, author of what is considered the first printed cookbook. Platina started his career as a private soldier, before gaining long-term patronage from the Gonzagas. He studied under the Byzantine humanist philosopher John Argyropulos in Florence, where he frequented other fellow humanists, as well as members of the ruling Medici family. Around 1464, Platina purchased a post as a papal writer under the humanist Pius II, and became a member of the Platonism-influenced Roman Academy founded by Pomponio Leto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartolomeo Platina is the 1,659th most popular writer (up from 1,803rd in 2019), the 1,753rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,874th in 2019) and the 113th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 1,659 out of 7,302. Before him are Quintus Smyrnaeus, Malcolm Lowry, Andreas Gryphius, Adèle Hugo, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, and E. Howard Hunt. After him are Avraham Stern, Margherita Sarfatti, Eino Leino, Thomas Keneally, György Konrád, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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Among people born in 1421, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 5. Before him are Henry VI of England, Lazar Branković, Charles, Prince of Viana, and Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici. After him are Vasily Kosoy, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland. Among people deceased in 1481, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 7. Before him are Mehmed the Conqueror, Christian I of Denmark, Afonso V of Portugal, Lekë Dukagjini, Ikkyū, and Axayacatl. After him are Agostino di Duccio, Charles IV of Anjou, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua, Francesco Filelfo, Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, and Erik Axelsson Tott.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 1,753 out of 5,161. Before him are Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), Margarita Luti (1500), Christian Vieri (1973), Agostino Steffani (1654), Ercole Consalvi (1757), and Lollia Paulina (15). After him are Renato Corsetti (1941), Agostino Barbarigo (1420), Giovanni Pacini (1796), Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457), Margherita Sarfatti (1880), and Bona of Savoy (1449).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Bartolomeo Platina ranks 113. Before him are Veronica Franco (1546), Felice Romani (1788), Pacuvius (-220), Catherine of Bologna (1413), Ubertino of Casale (1259), and Maria Valtorta (1897). After him are Margherita Sarfatti (1880), Jacopo Sannazaro (1458), Enzo of Sardinia (1220), Rafael Sabatini (1875), Giorgio Bassani (1916), and Jacopone da Todi (1236).

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