ARETIN, Francis, a man of great reading, and well acquainted with the Greek language. He translated into Latin the Commentaries of St Chrysostom upon St John, and about 20 homilies of the same father; he also trans-
Aretin translated the Letters of Phalaris into Latin, and wrote a treatise De Balneis Puteolanis. He studied at Siena about the year 1443, and afterwards taught law there with such reputation that they called him the Prince of Subtleties. He taught also in the university of Pisa, and in that of Ferrara.