Cola Montano

Cola Montano, also known as Nicola Capponi, (c. 1440 – 13 March 1482) was an Italian writer and humanist scholar who helped incite the Congiura dei Lampugnani or Conspiracy of the Lampugnani that succeeded in murdering the Duke of Milan, Galeazzo Maria Sforza.

While not present at the murder, Cola Montano was captured by the Lorenzo de' Medici government of Tuscany, and hanged from a window in the Bargello.

[2] But it is also reputed that Cola taught Latin to much of the Milanese aristocracy, including the future Duke Galeazzo himself.

Cola was active in sponsoring printers of various Latin classics, but appeared to have fleeting collaborations with the businesses.

He apparently had twice been jailed, one for writing satires about another Sforza tutor and the other time accused of raping a young woman.