Fulvio Testi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fulvio Testi

Italian diplomat

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1593

Place of Birth: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1646

Profession: poet, politician, diplomat

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Fulvio Testi (August 1593 in Ferrara – 28 August 1646 in Modena) was an Italian diplomat and poet who is recognised as one of the main exponents of 17th-century Italian Baroque literature.
He worked in the service of the d'Este dukes in Modena, for whom he held high office, such as the governorship of Garfagnana.
His poems tackle civic themes in solemn tones, showing Testi's lasting anti-Spanish and, consequently, pro-Savoia political passions.
Accused of treason for having tried to set up diplomatic relations with the French court, he was imprisoned and died in jail soon after.
One later literary critic wrote: If he'd been born in a less barbarous age, and had had more time than he did to cultivate his talent, he would doubtless have been our Horace, and perhaps been hotter and more vehement and more sublime than the Latin man



Alternative names	Lodovico Lana, Lodovico Lana da Modena
Description	Italian painter baroque
Date of birth/death	1597	1646
Location of birth/death	Codigoro	Modena
Work location	Modena; Bologna (–1619); Modena (1619–1646)
Authority control	: Q1091118 VIAF: 25483931 ISNI: 0000 0000 6634 3891 ULAN: 500006049 LCCN: nr2003025292 GND: 12239948X WorldCat