Dati, Leonardo (2)

Dati, Leonardo (2)

an Italian theologian, was born at Florence in 1408. He was canon at Florence, and afterwards secretary to popes Calixtus III, Pius II, Paul II, and Sixtus IV. He was appointed, in 1467, bishop of Massa, and died at Rome in 1472, leaving in MS. many works in prose and verse. Mehus published thirty-three of his Letters (Florence, 1742,.8vo). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.