Lorenzo Bonincontri Explained

Lorenzo Bonincontri, or Bonincontro, latinized as Laurentius Bonincontrius (23 February 1410 - 1491), was an Italian astrologer, humanist and historian of the 15th century. ^[1]

Life

He was born in 1410 in San Miniato.

He lived in different cities in Italy: Naples (1450-75), Florence (1475-78) and Rome (1483-91), where he wrote part of his work. ^[2]

He probably died in 1491 in Rome.

Works

• Rerum naturalium libri, Naples, 1469-1472. Poem in latin hexameters.
• De rebus coelestibus, aureum opusculum, 1472-1475. Poem in three books of filosofic-astrologic topic dedicated to Ferdinand II of Aragon.
  • De rebus coelestibus, Gaurico, Venice, 1526
  • Book: De rebus coelestibus. Basel. Robert Winter. 1540.
• Chronicon (chronicle from 903 to 1458)
• De ortu Regum Neapolitanorum (or Historia utriusque Siciliae), in 10 books, Florence, 1739-1740. History of the kings of Naples and Sicily.

References

1. Web site: BONINCONTRI, Lorenzo in "Dizionario Biografico". 2021-02-22. www.treccani.it. it-IT.
2. Web site: Lorenzo Bonincontri enciclopèdia.cat. 2021-02-22. www.enciclopedia.cat.