Bembo, Bernardo
Owner Id4002
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1433 - 1519
Other InformationBembo was the son of Nicolò Bembo of the Bembo family and Elisabetta di Andrea Paruta. He studied philosophy at the University of Padua, earning a doctorate of arts under the guidance of Gaetano da Thiene on 10 November 1455. He continued to study law thereafter, finally earning his doctor of both laws degree on 19 January 1465. He continued to live in Padua until 1468.
Bembo was the Venetian ambassador to the court of Henry IV of Castile in 1468–1469. On 16 July 1471, he was commissioned as ambassador to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. He was appointed ambassador to Rome, Florence, to England (1483), France (1484).
Bernardo B. was also podestà of Ravenna (1481-83), Bergamo (1488), Verona (1502-1503), and visdomino of Ferrara (1497).
He corresponded with Lorenzo de' Medici, Cristoforo Landino, Dante III Alighieri, Ermolao Barbaro, Pietro Barozzi, Baldassarre Castiglione, Marsilio Ficino, Francesco Filelfo, Lauro Quirini, Marcantonio Sabellico, Antonio Vinciguerra and Jacopo Zeno. Bembo amassed a large library. He has been seen, along with Girolamo Donato and Ermolao Barbaro, as representative of late 15th-century Venetian humanism.
Variant NamesBembus, Bernardus
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01323423
https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/bernardo-bembo_(Dizionario-Biografico)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Bembo
Activity
Start (year)1433
End (year)1519
MARC Area Codee-it
PlaceVenezia (Geonames Id: 3164603)
Profession / Type of InstitutionCivil servant
CharacterisationAristocracy
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