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Lorenzo Valla

1407 - 1457

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Lorenzo Valla (Italian: [loˈrɛntso ˈvalla]; also Latinized as Laurentius; c. 1407 – 1 August 1457) was an Italian Renaissance humanist, rhetorician, educator and scholar. He is best known for his historical-critical textual analysis that proved that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery, therefore attacking and undermining the presumption of temporal power claimed by the papacy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorenzo Valla has received more than 317,338 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Lorenzo Valla is the 337th most popular writer (down from 306th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Italy (down from 412th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Italian Writer.

Lorenzo Valla was a humanist who is most famous for his work in exposing the Donation of Constantine as a forgery.

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Among writers, Lorenzo Valla ranks 337 out of 7,302. Before him are Coen brothers, William Wordsworth, Mikhail Sholokhov, David Woodard, Paul Celan, and Paul Éluard. After him are Wilhelm Grimm, Callimachus, Nâzım Hikmet, Doris Lessing, Arthur Schnitzler, and Luqman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1407, Lorenzo Valla ranks 2. Before him is John Hunyadi. After him are Esen Taishi, Leonello d'Este, Demetrios Palaiologos, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Bartolomeo Bon, Ashikaga Yoshikazu, and Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden. Among people deceased in 1457, Lorenzo Valla ranks 3. Before him are Rita of Cascia, and Ladislaus the Posthumous. After him are Jingtai Emperor, Danjong of Joseon, Andrea del Castagno, Francesco Foscari, Ladislaus Hunyadi, Goharshad Begum, Bartolomeu Perestrello, Peter II, Duke of Brittany, and Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lorenzo Valla ranks 455 out of 5,161. Before him are Fabio Capello (1946), Pope Gregory II (669), Umberto Nobile (1885), Andrea del Sarto (1486), Pope Symmachus (460), and Roberto Rossellini (1906). After him are Pope Zosimus (400), Parmigianino (1503), Pope Agapetus II (900), Gaius Julius Caesar (-135), Pope John IX (850), and Pope John XVII (950).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Lorenzo Valla ranks 27. Before him are Sallust (-86), Primo Levi (1919), Alberto Moravia (1907), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), and Ludovico Ariosto (1474). After him are Christine de Pizan (1365), Ennius (-239), Grazia Deledda (1871), Theocritus (-315), Cornelius Nepos (-100), and Elena Ferrante (1943).

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