Ludovico Pasquali
Ludovico Pasquali was a poet in the Italian and Latin languages from Cattaro in modern Montenegro, then ruled by the Republic of Venice.
Life
Pasquali was born and died in Kotor, in the Albania Veneta. He was from an ancient Dalmatian family with roots in Florence. He was a friend, admirer and fellow countryman of Giovanni Bona Boliris. Pasquali studied in the University of Padova and -after being enslaved in Crete by the Turks- returned to his hometown where he spent all his remaining life promoting the culture of Renaissance Italy.He was judged the best "poet" of Venetian Dalmatia during the 16th century.
Pasquali wrote a 1549 collection of poems in Italian, Rime Volgari. His volume in Latin Carmina was printed in 1551.
Works
Rime volgari di m. Ludouico Paschale da catharo Dalmatino. Non piu date in luce., In Vinegia: appresso Steffano et Battista cognati al segno de S. Moise, 1549 Ludovici Pascalis Iulii Camilli, Molsae, et aliorum illustrium poetarum carmina, ad illustriss. et doctiss. marchionem Auriae Bernardinum Bonifatium per Ludouicum Dulcium nunc primum in lucem aedita., Venetiis: apud Gabrielem Iolitum et fratres De Ferrariis, 1551Legacy
described Pasquali as one of the most "Italians" of the Dalmatian poets: he never wrote in Serbo-Croatian, but only in Italian and sometimes in Latin.The Croatian Encyclopedia describes him as a 'Croatian poet' and notes his works in Italian and Latin.