Filip Callimachus

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Filip Callimachus or Callimach (Latin: Philippus Callimachus Experiens, born Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437 - November 1, 1496) was a Polish-Italian humanist and writer.

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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. He took part in the unsuccessful assassination of Pope Paul II in 1468 and fled to Poland, where he worked for the bishop of Lwow Grzegorz of Sanok.

He was later teacher of the children of the Polish King Kazimierz IV and took part in diplomatic missions. In Kraków, he was connected with Konrad Celtis and the Sodalitas Vistuliana. He wrote poems and prose in Latin, and is best remembered for his Life of Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki, The Bishop Grzegorz of Sanok and The King Władysław III.

His grave in the Franciscan Church in Kraków was made by Veit Stoss.