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active 15th century Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus
An Italian Renaissance humanist from Veroli, he was known for teaching rhetoric and grammar and for writing about the art of letter-writing. His work sits at the crossroads of classical learning, education, and the revival of elegant Latin in the late fifteenth century.
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Des bonnes moeurs et honnestes contenances que doit garder un jeune homme, tant à table qu'ailleurs, avec autres notables enseignemens Oeuvre composé premierement en latin par M. Jean Sulpice de Saint-Alban, dit Verulan. Et nouvellement tourné & traduit en rime françoise par paraphrase par M. Pierre Broë practicien de Tournon sur le Rhosne
by active 15th century Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus
About the author
Giovanni Sulpizio da Veroli, also known in Latin as Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus, was active in the later fifteenth century and is generally placed around c. 1470–1490. He is described in reliable reference sources as an Italian Renaissance humanist and rhetorician, and his name is closely linked with the humanist study of Latin style and classical texts.
He is especially remembered for De componendis et ornandis epistolis, a work on how to compose and polish letters. Sources also describe him as a grammarian, editor, and teacher, with activity in centers of learning such as Rome and Perugia. That combination of scholarship and teaching helps explain why his books continued to circulate in early print.
Although many details of his life remain uncertain, Sulpizio stands out as part of the generation that helped bring classical rhetoric into classrooms and everyday learned writing. For listeners interested in the world of early printing, Latin education, and Renaissance humanism, he offers a glimpse of how scholars shaped the reading and writing habits of their age.