Matteo Bandello

Matteo Bandello (died 1561) was born in Castelnuovo Scrivia. He entered the Dominicans, was trained in Milan and then at the University of Pavia, and frequented the courts of northern Italy, in particular that of Mantua. When Spanish troops attacked Milan, he lost his property and had to flee; he followed the condottiere Cesare Fregoso to France. Appointed bishop of Agen in 1550, he lived in that city until his death, in 1561.

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• Short storiesThe Novels of Matteo BandelloNovelleMatteo Bandello · 1554LiteraturePublic domain