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Lorenzo Valla
January 1, 1407 – August 10, 1457
Italian Renaissance humanist (c. 1407 – 1457)
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Lorenzo Valla was an Italian Renaissance humanist scholar, rhetorician, educator, and Catholic priest. He is best known for his historical-critical textual analysis that proved that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery, therefore attacking and undermining the presumption of temporal power claimed by the papacy. Lorenzo is sometimes seen as a precursor of the Reformation.
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- Anniversary · August 10
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