Laurentius Abstemius

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Laurentius Abstemius was an Italian writer, Professor of Belles Lettres at Urbino, and Librarian to Duke Guido Ubaldo under Pope Alexander VI. Born at Macerata in Ancona, he distinguished himself, at the time of the revival of letters, as a writer of considerable talents. As librarian at Urbino, he dedicated to duke Ubaldo a critique upon some difficult passages in ancient authors, under the title of Annotationes Variae.

His principle work is titled, Hecatomythium, a collection of a hundred fables, many of which have been considered ludicrous, and pointed against the clergy. These fables can be found annexed to an edition of Aesop's Fables, published in 8 volumes at Frankfurt in 1580.

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1. This article incorporates content from John Aikin's General Biography, a publication in the public domain.