Folgóre da San Gimignano

Folgóre da San Gimignano

Folgóre da San Gimignano, pseudonym of Giacomo di Michele or Jacopo di Michele (c. 1270 – c. 1332) was an Italian poet.

He represented mostly hunting scenes, jousts of the citadine bourgesy of Tuscany. 32 sonnets are attributed to him, written around 1308-1316. The most famous ones are the "corone" dedicated to the days of the week and the months. The language was a derivation of the Provençal the ruling in the Italian poetry. Other had an anti-Ghibelline satirical tone.

His "corone" were later satirized by Cenne della Chitarra.

Little more is known about his life: he is cited in a document in 1295 and other sources date his death to 1332

Popular culture

Both Folgóre and Cenne are mentioned in Francesco Guccini's "Canzone dei dodici mesi" ("Song of the Twelve Months"), from the album "Radici" (1972).


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