# Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai

> Giovanni Rucellai, known as Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai, was an Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and man of letters in Renaissance Florence, in Tuscany, Italy. A member of a wealthy family of wool merchants and one of the richest men in Florence, he was cousin to Pope Leo X and linked by marriage to the powerful Strozzi and de' Medici families. He was born in Florence, and died in Rome. He was the son of Bernardo Rucellai (1448-1514) and his wife Nannina de' Medici (1448-1493), and the grandson of Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai (1403-1481). He is now remembered mostly for his poem Le Api, one of the first poems composed in versi sciolti to achieve widespread acclaim.

*Renaissance humanist, grandson of Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1475-10-20
- **Died:** 1525-04-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

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