Aretino, Pietro

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Pietro Aretino
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Pietro Aretino

Name	Aretino, Pietro Gender: M
born on	28 April 1492 (greg.) at 23:59 (= 11:59 PM )
Place	Arezzo, Italy, 43n25, 11e53
Timezone	LMT m11e53 (is local mean time)
Data source	Orig source not known Rodden Rating C
Astrology data	08°52' 11°29 Asc. 12°21'

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Biography

Italian prose writer, bon vivant and self-made renaissance man involved in every aspect of society from the highest to the lowest. Elegant, clever, bi-sexual, he also wrote porno sonnets describing sexual positions. The son of a shoemaker, he studied painting at Perugia; then went to Rome. His satirical works were often an attack of the wealthy and famous. He was either catered to or denounced by the wealthy of society. His tragedy "Orazia" was published in 1546 followed by five comedies and six volumes of letters.

Aretino died 10/21/1556, Venice Italy.

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 21 October 1556 (greg.) (Age 64)

Source Notes

Kraum in Astrol-Sci, given as Midnt of 4/19-20. (PC quotes T.Chubb for same in "Aretino", no data in biog.)

Categories

• Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer

• Vocation : Writers : Erotic

• Passions : Sexuality : Bi-Sexual

• Notable : Book Collection : Occult/ Misc. Collection

• Lifestyle : Social Life : Party animal (Bon vivant)