Poeta Lutheranus? Casus Palingeniusa i jego poematu Zodiacus vitae (1536)
Poeta Lutheranus? The Case of Marcello Palingenio Stellato (Palingenius) and His Poem Zodiacus vitae (1536)

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the case of Latin-language philosophical poem entitled Zodiacus vitae, which was first published in Venice in 1536. Although the work was condemned and forgotten in Italy and its author, Palingenius, posthumously burned at the stake, Zodiacus quickly won significant popularity in European Protestant circles that lasted several centuries − surprisingly so, given that Palingenius was not a Protestant and his poem did not advocate any Protestant causes. The article analyses passages from the poem that are in stark contrast to Reformation and those anticlerical passages, that – however they seem to tie in with it – were inspired by the anticlerical literature of Italian humanism.

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