Jacopone da Todi
Italian Franciscan friar and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jacopone da Todi, O.F.M. (ca. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria. He wrote several laude (songs in praise of the Lord) in the local vernacular. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre, being one of the earliest scholars who dramatised Gospel subjects.
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Jacopone of Todi O.F.M. | |
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Born | ca. 1230 Todi, Umbria, Papal States |
Died | 25 December 1306 Collazzone, Umbria, Papal States |
Venerated in | Order of Friars Minor & Todi, Perugia, Italy |
Major shrine | Church of San Fortunato, Todi, Perugia, Italy |
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