Filip Callimachus

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Tomb effigy of Casimir IV jagiellon in Wawel cathedral
Tomb effigy of Casimir IV jagiellon in Wawel cathedral

Filip Callimachus or Callimach (Latin Philippus Callimachus Experiens, Polish: Filip Kallimach, born Filippo Buonaccorsi, Bonacursius; May 2, 1437 – November 1, 1496) was an Italian humanist and writer.

[edit] Biography

Buonaccorsi was born in San Gimignano.

He first appeared in Venice and Rome, where he was the secretary of bishop Bartolomeo Roverelli. He was member of the Rome Academy of Julius Pomponius Laetus. He took part in the unsuccessful assassination of Pope Paul II in 1468 and fled to Poland, where he worked for the bishop of Lemberg, Gregory of Sanok.

He was later teacher of the children of the Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon and took part in diplomatic missions. In Cracow, he joined Conrad Celtis' Sodalitas Vistuliana. Callimachus wrote poems and prose in Latin, and is best remembered for his biographies of of Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki, bishop Gregory of Sanok, and King Władysław III of Poland.

His grave in the Franciscan Church in Cracow was created by Veit Stoss.


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