Jacopone da Todi

Jacopone of Todi

O.F.M.
Jacopone da Todi in a portrait by Paolo Uccello
Bornca. 1230
Todi, Umbria, Papal States
Died25 December 1306
Collazzone, Umbria,
Papal States
Venerated inOrder of Friars Minor &
Todi, Perugia, Italy
Major shrineChurch of San Fortunato,
Todi, Perugia, Italy

Jacopone da Todi, O.F.M. (ca. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria. He wrote several laude (songs in praise of the Lord) in the local vernacular. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre, being one of the earliest scholars who dramatised Gospel subjects.


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