Pietro Ranzano
Most Reverend Pietro Ranzano | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lucera | |
Italian humanist, Pietro Ranzano before King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and Queen Beatrice (Epitome rerum Hungarorum, 1490) | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| In office | 1476–1492 |
| Predecessor | Ladislao Dentice |
| Successor | Giambattista Contestabili |
Pietro Ranzano (Palermo, 1428–Lucera, 1492) was an Italian Dominican friar, bishop, historian, humanist and scholar who is best known for his work, De primordiis et progressu felicis Urbis Panormi, a history of the city of Palermo from its beginnings up until the contemporary period in which Ranzano was writing. The composition is influenced to some extent by humanistic conceptions of historical research, offers glimpses into the world view of a Sicilian intellectual of the Renaissance period on Jews and Jewish culture, as well as Sicily’s past.