Antonio Minturno

Antonio Sebastiano Minturno
Antonio Sebastiano Minturno
Born1500
Minturno, Kingdom of Naples
Died1574 (aged 7374)
Crotone, Kingdom of Naples
OccupationPoet, critic, and bishop
LanguageItalian
NationalityNapoletano
PeriodLate Middle Ages
Literary movementRenaissance
Notable worksDe Poeta
L'Arte Poetica

Antonio Sebastiano Minturno (1500–1574) was an Italian poet and critic, and Bishop of Ugento. His influential literary theories were largely Aristotelian. He was born at Minturno, then part of the Kingdom of Naples.