Andrea Matteo Acquaviva
Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, 8th Duke of Atri (1456–1528) was an Italian nobleman and condottiero from the Kingdom of Naples, who distinguished himself as a partisan of the French. He was made prisoner by Consalvo of Cordova and carried into Spain; but his confinement was not long, and on his return to Naples he became the patron of letters. To literary men he was indeed a benefactor—hence the encomia which have been lavished upon him, and which, more than any merit of his own, obtained him distinction. Yet he wrote one book at least, a commentary on the Latin translation of Plutarch's Moralia. [1]
See also
- Belisario Acquaviva, his younger brother
References
- ^ Rose, Hugh James (1857). A New General Biographical Dictionary. London: B. Fellowes et al.