or FLAMINIO, Mark Antony, one of the best Latin poets in the 16th century, of Imola in Italy, son and grandson of very learned men. The pope had chosen him secretary to the council in 1543; but he refused that employment, because, favouring the new opinions, he would not employ his pen in an assembly where he knew these opinions were to be condemned.—He paraphrased 38 of the psalms in Latin verse, and also wrote notes on the Psalms; and some letters and poems which are esteemed. He died at Rome in 1550.