Hieronymus Angerianus (c. 1480 but disputed [see below] –1535) was an influential Italian neo-Latin poet from Apulia

Apulia

Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...

. He retired at a young age from the life of the Neapolitan court, to the family estates at Ariano de Puglia

His Erotopaegnion, an epigram collection, was published in 1512 in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

. He was published in 1582 in the Poetae Tres Elegantissimi (Paris), with Joannes Secundus and Michelle Marullo.

Sources differ considerably on his birth year, with some stating 1470, others giving "c. 1480" and another c. 1490

English literature

His influence has been traced in Giles Fletcher

Giles Fletcher

Giles Fletcher was an English poet chiefly known for his long allegorical poem Christ's Victory and Triumph ....

. He was later translated by Walter Harte

Walter Harte

Walter Harte was a British poet and historian. He was a friend of Alexander Pope, Oxford don, canon of Windsor, and vice-principal of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford....

 and Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death...

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