Marco Girolamo Vida [SEP] position held
Marco Girolamo Vida
Marco Girolamo Vida or Marcus Hieronymus Vida (1485? – September 27, 1566) was an Italian humanist, bishop and poet. 
Life.
Marco was born at Cremona, the son of the consular (patrician) Guglielmo Vida, and Leona Oscasale. He had two brothers, Giorgio, a captain in the service of Venice, and Girolamo, a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Cremona. He had three sisters, Lucia, Elena and a third whose name is unknown.
He began
Christiad
The Christiad (Latin Christias) is an epic poem in six cantos on the life of Jesus Christ by Marco Girolamo (Marcus Hieronymus) Vida modeled on Virgil. It was first published in Cremona in 1535 (see 1535 in poetry).
Modern Editions.
- G.C. Drake and C.A. Forbes, 1978 (Latin text and English translation)
- Vida, Marco Girolamo. "Christiad". Translated by James Gardner. The I Tatti Renaissance Library, no. 39, ed. James Hankins. Cambridge