Giovanni Pontano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giovanni Pontano

Italian poet

Date of Birth: 07-May-1426

Place of Birth: Cerreto di Spoleto, Umbria, Italy

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1503

Profession: writer, poet, politician

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503), later known as Giovanni Gioviano or Latin: Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus, was a humanist and poet from the Duchy of Spoleto, in central Italy.
He was the leading figure of the Accademia Pontaniana after the death of Antonio Beccadelli in 1471, and the academy took his name.