Ermes di Colorêt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ermes di Colorêt

Italian poet, political figure

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1622

Place of Birth: Colloredo di Monte Albano, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1692

Profession: poet

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ermes di Colloredo (28 March 1622 – 21 September 1692) was an Italian count and writer who served the Grand Duke of Tuscany the Holy Roman Emperor and the Republic of Venice. Ermes was born in Colloredo di Monte Albano, Friaul.
He was educated at Medici's court in Florence as page of Greatduke Ferdinando II de' Medici, and entered the service of Emperor Ferdinand III during the Thirty Years War as a Cuirassiers' Officier, at the orders of his uncle, Field Marschall Rudolf von Colloredo Mels und Wallsee, Governor of Prague, of the Republic of Venice as a Cavalry Colonel and Emperor Leopold I.
In the latter part of his life Ermes returned to his homeland to focus on writing poetry, most of which centers on the theme of love. Ermes wrote over 200 sonnets, in both Friulian and Italian.
He used the koinè from San Daniele, which would become the most notable literary language and the basis of today's standard Friulian. Ermes died in Gurizzo, Codroipo.



Alternative names	Bombella; Bombeli; Bombelli; Sebastiano Bombel; seb. bombelli
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	1635	7 May 1719
Location of birth/death	Udine	Venice
Work period	Baroque
Authority control	: Q963486 VIAF: 20610309 ISNI: 0000 0001 0877 4519 ULAN: 500005634 WGA: BOMBELLI, Sebastiano GND: 124268420