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BONFINIUS

Volume 3 · 68 words · 1797 Edition

(Anthony), flourished in the 15th century. He was a native of Ascoli in Italy, and attached himself to the study of the belles lettres. Matthias Cowin king of Hungary, having heard of his learning, sent for him, retained him, and settled upon him a pension. He wrote, 1. A history of Ascoli; 2. A treatise of virginity and conjugal chastity; 3. An history of Hungary; and other works.