Marco Probo Mariano

Marco Probo Mariano (Sulmona, 1455 - 1494) was an Italian Catholic poet and poet. Biography Born in Sulmona, he was the son of the jurist Antonio Mariano, according to Riccio Minieri, Marco claimed to be a descendant of Ovid, and he was protected by Cardinal Juan Borgia, who called him to Rome. managed a diocese before Pope Alexander VI. It was part of the Roman Academy. Marco Probo Mariano is known by Parthenias liber in diuae Mariae historiam, a poem in seven books written in Latin that approached the life of the Virgin Mary from its birth until its Assumption, that was posthumously published in Naples posthumously in 1524 by Antonio Frezza. Bibliography

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