Antonio Abbondanti
Italian poet and writer
Antonio Abbondanti (Latin: Antonius Abundantius; c. 1600 – 17 May 1653) was an Italian Baroque poet and historian.
Biography
We know little of Abbondanti's life. His biography must largely be deduced from his writings. He was born in Imola around 1600, and in 1615 entered the service of Pier Luigi Carafa, pontifical governor of Fermo. In 1624, when Carafa was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Cologne, Abbondanti followed him to Germany. He remained in Germany even after Carafa's return to Italy, working as secretary to his successors as nuncio. In 1630 Abbondanti made a journey through the Spanish Netherlands, and in Liège he published a narrative poem on the biblical figure of Judith and a panegyric of the Count of Tilly. As a result of his trip he later (1641) published his Breviario delle guerre dei Paesi Bassi, an account of the Eighty Years' War based on literary sources. In 1651–1652 he took on the role of nuncio ad interim. In 1652 he retired to Liège, where he held a canonry in the chapter of St Paul's minster (now Liège Cathedral).
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