LUIGI

See also:

• CORNARO, CATERINA (1454-1510)
• LUIGI CORNARO (1457–1566)

CORNARO (1457–1566)  , a Venetian nobleman, famous for his treatises on a temperate life . In his youth he lived freely, but after a severe illness at the age of forty, he began under medical advice gradually to reduce his diet . For some time he restricted himself to a daily allowance of I2 oz. of solid food and 14 as. of wine; later in life he reduced still further his bill of fare, and found he could support his life and strength with no more solid meat than an egg a day . At the age of eighty-three he wrote his treatise on The Sure and Certain Method of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life, the English translation of which went through numerous editions; and this was followed by three others on the same subject, composed at the ages of eighty-six, ninety-one and ninety-five respectively . The first three were published at Padua in 1558 . They are written, says Addison (Spectator, No . 195), " with such a spirit of cheerfulness, religion and good sense, as are the natural concomitants of temperance and sobriety." He died at Padua at the age of ninety-eight .