Lorenzo Valla

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Catholic priest Italian person Renaissance humanist classical scholar humanist philologist rhetorician

Lorenzo Valla was a 15th-century Italian humanist, philologist, and critic best known for his pioneering textual analysis that exposed the Donation of Constantine as a forgery and helped shape Renaissance humanist scholarship.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lorenzo Valla canonical 13
Polydore Vergil 2
Lorenzo Valla (Laurentius Valla) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Italian person ⓘ
Renaissance humanist ⓘ
classical scholar ⓘ
humanist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
birthDate 1407 ⓘ
birthName Lorenzo Valla self-link ⓘ
birthPlace Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Papal States ⓘ
criticized Donation of Constantine ⓘ
scholastic theology ⓘ
deathDate 1457 ⓘ
deathPlace Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
educatedAt Sapienza University of Rome ⓘ
surface form: University of Rome (Studium Urbis)
employer Alfonso V of Aragon ⓘ
surface form: King Alfonso V of Aragon

Pope Nicholas V ⓘ
Roman Curia ⓘ
University of Pavia ⓘ
era Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Italian Renaissance
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
familyName Valla ⓘ
fieldOfWork philology ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ
theology ⓘ
givenName Lorenzo ⓘ
influenced Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
biblical scholarship ⓘ
knownFor contributions to Latin stylistics ⓘ
critique of scholasticism ⓘ
demonstrating the Donation of Constantine is a forgery ⓘ
pioneering philological methods ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Renaissance humanism ⓘ
notableWork Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum ⓘ
surface form: Annotationes in Novum Testamentum

De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio ⓘ
On Free Choice of the Will ⓘ
surface form: De libero arbitrio

De voluptate ⓘ
Elegantiae linguae Latinae ⓘ
occupation humanist scholar ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
priest ⓘ
secretary ⓘ
translator ⓘ
positionHeld apostolic secretary ⓘ
professor of rhetoric at Pavia ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Renaissance humanism → associatedWithFigure → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Lorenzo Valla → birthName → Lorenzo Valla self-link ⓘ
Renaissance Latin → usedBy → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Tudor chroniclers → notableMember → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polydore Vergil
Renaissance Platonism → promotedBy → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Gerrit Gerritszoon → influencedBy → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Valla → hasNotableBearer → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Elegantiae linguae Latinae → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Elegantiae linguae Latinae → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorenzo Valla (Laurentius Valla)
De voluptate → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
De voluptate → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
subject surface form: De vero bono
Donation of Constantine → exposedAsForgeryBy → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Lorenzo → hasNotableBearer → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Angelo Poliziano → influencedBy → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia" → author → Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
subject surface form: Anglica Historia
this entity surface form: Polydore Vergil