Lorenzo Bonincontri, or Bonincontro, Latinized as Laurentius Bonincontrius (23 February 1410 - 1491), was an Italian astrologer, humanist and historian of the 15th century.
Life
He was born in 1410 in San Miniato.
He lived in different cities in Italy: Naples (1450âÂÂ75), Florence (1475âÂÂ78) and Rome (1483âÂÂ91), where he wrote part of his work.
He probably died in 1491 in Rome.
Works
- Rerum naturalium libri, Naples, 1469âÂÂ1472. Poem in Latin hexameters.
- De rebus coelestibus, aureum opusculum, 1472âÂÂ1475. Poem in three books of filosofic-astrologic topic dedicated to Ferdinand II of Aragon.
- De rebus coelestibus, Gaurico, Venice, 1526
- Chronicon (chronicle from 903 to 1458)
- De ortu Regum Neapolitanorum (or Historia utriusque Siciliae), in 10 books, Florence, 1739âÂÂ1740. History of the kings of Naples and Sicily.
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