Janus Pannonius
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Janus Pannonius was an influential intellectual in the Kingdom of Hungary, a Latinist, poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs. He was the most significant poet of the Renaissance in the Kingdom of Hungary
Portrait of Pannonius, from a codex of Plautus
Modern statue of Pannonius in Pécs
John Vitéz
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John Vitéz de Zredna was a Hungarian and Croat humanist, diplomat, Latinist, mathematician, astrologist and astronomer. He served as Archbishop of Esztergom from 1465 until his death.
Janus Pannonius
…poetry in Europe. Born in Slavonia, Janus's father's social status and relation to the nobility is unclear. His mother, Borbála Vitéz, was the sister of John Vitéz. Pope Pius II wrote that Pannonius was of Slavonian origin (de origine Slavonica). His biographer and friend Vespasiano da Bisticci said that he was…
Portrait de János Vitéz. Frontispice d'un manuscrit
Statue in Esztergom