GABRIELE (1552-1637), a famous Italian poet, born at Savona, and educated in the Jesuits' college at Rome. He received invitations from Urban VIII., and many of the Italian princes, to fix his residence in their capitals, but preferred to prosecute the study of poetry in his native place. He wrote four epics, entitled La Gotiade o delle guerre de Goti, La Firenze, L'Amedeida, and Il Ruggiero; a tragedy, entitled Erminia, besides several comedies, dramas, and smaller poems. His works have been frequently collected. For a critical estimate of Chiabrera, see POETRY.