Giacomo da Lentini

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Giacomo da Lentini was a 13th-century Italian poet, often credited with inventing the sonnet and considered one of the foremost figures of early Italian lyric poetry.

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Giacomo da Lentini canonical 3
Jacopo da Lentini 2
Iacopo da Lentini 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian poet
Sicilian School poet
person
poet
alsoKnownAs Giacomo Notaro
Iacopo da Lentini
linked to: Giacomo da Lentini

Jacopo Notaro
Jacopo da Lentini
linked to: Giacomo da Lentini
birthPlace Kingdom of Sicily
Lentini
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Sicily
creditedWith invention of the sonnet
employer Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
era Middle Ages
floruit 13th century
c. 1230s
genre love poetry
lyric poetry
hasRole founder of the Sicilian School
influenced Dante Alighieri
Dolce Stil Novo poets
linked to: Dolce Stil Novo

early Italian lyric poetry
influencedBy Provençal troubadours
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
Sicilian
literaryFormUsed canzone
sonnet
literaryTradition courtly love
movement Sicilian School
name Giacomo da Lentini
nationality Italian
notableWork sonnets
occupation notary
poet
partOf Frederick II’s poetic circle
positionHeld imperial notary
region Sicily
significantContribution formalization of the sonnet structure
style courtly lyric
subjectOf studies in medieval Italian literature
theme courtly ethics
feudal loyalty
love
workLocation Imperial court of Frederick II in Palermo

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sicilian School of poetry hasNotableMember Giacomo da Lentini
Duecento hasNotableAuthor Jacopo da Lentini
linked to: Giacomo da Lentini
Sicilian court of Frederick II hosted Giacomo da Lentini
Giacomo da Lentini name Giacomo da Lentini
Giacomo da Lentini alsoKnownAs Jacopo da Lentini
linked to: Giacomo da Lentini
Giacomo da Lentini alsoKnownAs Iacopo da Lentini
linked to: Giacomo da Lentini