Petrus Nannius was a Dutch poet, accomplished Latin scholar and humanist of the 16th century. A contemporary of Desiderius Erasmus, he was born in Alkmaar and was an important figure in the humanism of the time, having provided a foundation with his teaching for the later flowering of humanism in the region.
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![Image of the title page of Paralipomena Vergili sive De rebus inferis a poeta relictis (1545), a contemporary apograph of Nannius' Somnium or Dream Oration, held on the occasion of his course on the sixth book of Vegil's Aeneid. The first printed edition appeared in 1611. The manuscript apograph is kept at KU Leuven Libraries and is completely digitized.[10]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Somnium%2C_sive_Paralipomena_Virgilii%2C_Res_Inferae_a_Poeta_relictae.jpg/500px-Somnium%2C_sive_Paralipomena_Virgilii%2C_Res_Inferae_a_Poeta_relictae.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Writers born in the 1500s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1500 to 1557 · aged 57
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5 languages
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