Nativity of Marsilio Ficino
>Renaissance philosopher and astrologer who was responsible for translations of Plato and other classical authors into Latin. He taught himself classical Greek in order to read the original texts. He devoted his life to the translation and interpretation of Plato and other classical scholars. Ficino was supported by the Medici family and the Platonic Academy of Florence, where he was based became an outstanding centre of classical learning. Ficino completed his new Latin versions in 1470 but these were not published until 1484. He was ordained a priest in 1473 but after the expulsion of the Medici in 1494, he retired to the countryside. He died on 1 Oct 1499.< Source: Bernadette Brady in the Starlight program database.
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