Pietro Bembo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic cardinal, and poet
Date of Birth: 20-May-1470
Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy
Date of Death: 18-Jan-1547
Profession: writer, poet, librarian, historian, Catholic priest, translator, essayist
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Pietro Bembo
- Pietro Bembo, O.S.I.H.
- (20 May 1470 – either 11 January or 18 January, 1547) was an Italian scholar, poet, literary theorist, member of the Knights Hospitaller and a cardinal.
- He was an influential figure in the development of the Italian language, specifically Tuscan, as a literary medium, codifying the language for standard modern usage.
- His writings assisted in the 16th-century revival of interest in the works of Petrarch. Bembo's ideas were also decisive in the formation of the most important secular musical form of the 16th century, the madrigal.
- The typeface Bembo is named after him.
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| Location of birth/death | faggot | Venice | |
| Work location | Venice (1498), Ferrara, Mantua, Padua (1511), Milan (1540), Rome (1545–1546), Florence (1546), Augsburg (1548, 1550–1551), Constantinople (today Istanbul) (1555-1557) | ||
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