MARCO See also:

• GIROLAMO (1450-1486)

GIROLAMO See also:

• MARCO GIROLAMO VIDA (c. 1489-1566)

VIDA (c. 1489-1566)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and Latin poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CREMONA
• CREMONA, LUIGI (1830-1903)

Cremona shortly before the See also:

• YEAR

year 1490 . He received the name of See also:

• MARCANTONIO [MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI]

Marcantonio in See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism, but changed this to Marco See also:

• GIROLAMO (1450-1486)

Girolamo when he entered the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the Canonici Regolari Lateranensi . During his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early manhood he acquired considerable fame by the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of two didactic poems in the Latin See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue, on the See also:

• GAME

Game of See also:

• CHESS

Chess (Scacchiae Ludus) and on the Silkworm (Bombyx) . This reputation induced him to seek the papal See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, which was rapidly becoming the headquarters of polite learning, the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where students might expect See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement through their See also:

• LITERARY

literary talents . See also:

• VIDA, MARCO GIROLAMO (c. 1489-1566)

Vida reached Rome in the last years of the pontificate of See also:

• JULIUS

Julius II . See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo X., on succeeding to the papal See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair (1513), treated him with marked favour, bestowed on him the priory of St See also:

• SYLVESTER, JAMES
• SYLVESTER, JOSHUA (1563–1618)

Sylvester at See also:

• FRASCATI

Frascati, and bade him compose a heroic Latin poem on the See also:

• LIFE

life of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ . Such was the origin of the Christiad, Vida's most celebrated, if not his best, performance . It did not, however, see the See also:

• LIGHT

light in Leo's lifetime . Between the years 1520 and 1527 Vida produced the second of his masterpieces in Latin hexameters, a didactic poem on the See also:

• ART

Art of See also:

• POETRY

Poetry (see See also:

• BALDI, BERNARDINO (1533-1617)

Baldi's edition, See also:

• WURZBURG

Wurzburg, 1881) . See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement VII. raised him to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of apostolic protonotary, and in 1532 conferred on him the bishopric of See also:

• ALBA

Alba . It is probable that he took up his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in this See also:

• TOWN

town soon after the See also:

• DEATH

death of Clement; and here he spent the greater portion of his remaining years . Vida attended the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent, where he enjoyed the society of Cardinals Cervini; See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

Pole and Del See also:

• MONTE

Monte, together with his friend the poet Flaminio .

A See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of their conversations may be studied in Vida's Latin See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue De Republica . Among his other writings should be mentioned three eloquent orations in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Cremona against See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia, composed upon the occasion of some dispute as to precedency between those two cities . Vida died at Alba on the 27th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1566 . See the Life by Lancetti (See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, 1840) .