Filippo was born at Rimini probably between 1408 and 1410, since Bernardo Bembo noted that he was almost ninety years old at his death.
[1] Apostolo Zeno believed that he came from a Riminese family living in Treviso, but this is contradicted by Filippo's own writings.
In 1466, he left for a second time to serve as chancellor to Maffeo Gherardi, Patriarch of Venice.
He maintained a correspondence with Barbaro, Andrea Contrario, Vinciguerra Dandolo, Pietro Dolfin, Andrea Donato, Ermolao Donato, Roberto Malatesta, the monks of San Michele di Murano and Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan.
[1] His most important other writings are: His last known work was a collection of 42 Latin epigrams on the glory of Venice, dedicated to Bembo and composed when he was eighty years old.