Girolamo Malipiero

Life

Born: ca. 1480

Died: 1547

Biography Girolamo Malipiero was an Italian cleric, preacher and poet. His best known work, published in 1536, is "Il Petrarcha spirituale", in which he reworked poems by Petrarca, replacing Laura by the Virgin Mary and providing a spiritual meaning.

Settings of text by Girolamo Malipiero

• Alla dolce ombra (Hippolito Sabino)

Publications

• Il Petrarcha spirituale, 1536

External links

Biography in Treccani (Italian)