Gregorio Correr [SEP] place of birth
Gregorio Correr
Gregorio Correr (Corraro) (1409 – 1464) was an Italian humanist and ecclesiastic from Venice. In the last year of his life he was elected Patriarch of Venice.
Life.
He was born into a patrician family of Venice; Antonio Correr was his uncle. As a youth he studied in the school of Vittorino da Feltre in Mantua.
Correr was created protonotary apostolic by Pope Eugenius IV, a relation. He went with the Curia to Florence, where he encountered the humanist circle of
Francesco Antonio and Gregorio. It is also notable for producing the diplomat Pietro Correr and the art collector Teodoro Correr - the latter left his family "palazzo" and collection to the city in 1830, forming the Museo Correr.
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