1546 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1546.

Events

• July 17 – Peter Faber, appointed by Pope Paul III to act as a peritus on behalf of the Holy See at the Council of Trent, arrives in Rome; exhausted by his journey; he dies a fortnight later.^[1]
• unknown date – Francisco de Moraes visits Paris for the second time, obtaining inspiration for his Palmerin d'Angleterre.^[2]

New books

Prose

• Sir John Prise of Brecon (anonymously) – Yn y lhyvyr hwnn (first book printed in Welsh)^[3]
• François Rabelais – Le Tiers Livre^[4]

Drama

• Sperone Speroni – Canace (published)^[5]

Poetry

• See 1546 in poetry

Births

• March 27 – Johannes Piscator, German theologian (died 1625)
• May 21 – Madeleine de l'Aubespine, French poet and patron (died 1596)
• October 5 – Cyriakus Schneegass, German Lutheran pastor, composer and music theorist (died 1597)^[6]
• unknown dates
  • Philippe Desportes, French poet (died 1606)^[7]
  • Pierre de La Primaudaye, French Protestant writer (died 1619)^[8]
  • Veronica Franco, Venetian poet and courtesan (died 1591)^[9]
  • Daniel Adam z Veleslavína, Czech lexicographer, publisher and writer (died 1599)

Deaths

• February 18 – Martin Luther, German theologian and reformer, 62^[10]
• April 7 – Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian, 55^[11]
• August 1 – Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian, 40^[12]

Notes and References

1. http://www.ucanews.com/news/blessed-peter-faber-2/57229 "Blessed Peter Faber", ucanews
2. Book: Memorias da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Classe de Sciencias Moraes, Politicas e Bellas-Lettras. 1877. A Academia. 85–86. pt.
3. Book: National Library of Wales. Cylchgrawn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: The National Library of Wales Journal. 1989. Council of the National Library of Wales. 118. cy.
4. Book: Joseph A. Dane. The Myth of Print Culture: Essays on Evidence, Textuality and Bibliographical Method. 1 January 2003. University of Toronto Press. 978-0-8020-8775-1. 29.
5. Book: Rossiter Johnson. Dora Knowlton Ranous. The Literature of Italy, 1265-1907: Flamini, F. A history of Italian literature (1265-1907) . 1906. National Alumni. 177.
6. Book: A. Schumann . Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie / Schneegaß, Cyriacus. 22 June 2012. de . Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 32 . 1891 . 92–96.
7. Jean Balsamo. Philippe Desports (1546-1606) Volume 62 of Actes et colloques. Editor, Contributor, Jean Balsamo. Publisher, Klincksieck, 2000
8. Book: sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.). Res literariæ: bibliographical and critical, for Oct. 1820. 1822. 486.
9. Book: Rinaldina Russell. Italian Women Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook. 1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-28347-5. 138.
10. Book: Robert Kolb. Martin Luther as Prophet, Teacher, and Hero (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought): Images of the Reformer, 1520-1620. 1 December 1999. Baker Books. 978-1-4412-3720-0. 233.
11. Gross, Ernie. This Day in Religion. New York:Neal-Schuman, 1990.
12. • August 3 – Étienne Dolet, French humanist writer and printer, 37 (executed for heresy)