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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 293,943 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Lorenzo Valla is the 306th most popular writer (up from 334th in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from Italy (up from 432nd 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

Among writers, Lorenzo Valla ranks 306 out of 5,755. Before him are Heinrich von Kleist, Alberto Moravia, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Italo Calvino, Marguerite de Navarre, and Roger Martin du Gard. After him are J. M. Coetzee, Paul Heyse, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Prosper Mérimée, Mario Puzo, and Raymond Chandler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1407, Lorenzo Valla ranks 2. Before him is John Hunyadi. After him are Esen Taishi, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Demetrios Palaiologos, Bartolomeo Bon, and Ashikaga Yoshikazu. 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, Peter II, Duke of Brittany, John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch, and Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lorenzo Valla ranks 413 out of 4,668. Before him are Gaius Julius Caesar (-135), Pope Eugene I (600), Pope Benedict I (525), Pope Eutychian (300), Albano Carrisi (1943), and Luigi Cherubini (1760). After him are Pope Adeodatus II (610), Pope Clement III (1130), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Pope Nicholas III (1215), Dino Zoff (1942), and Tinto Brass (1933).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Lorenzo Valla ranks 27. Before him are Dario Fo (1926), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Eugenio Montale (1896), Primo Levi (1919), and Alberto Moravia (1907). After him are Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pietro Aretino (1492), and Propertius (-50).

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