Pier Angelo Manzolli

Pier Angelo Manzolli was a name used for the author of the book Zodiacus Vitae,[1] who is believed to be the Neapolitan poet Marcello Stellato, in Latin Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus (born ca.

[2][3] The persona of Pier Angelo Manzolli was created by Jacopo Facciolati in the eighteenth-century.

The didactic poem addresses the subject of human happiness in connection with scientific knowledge, and combines metaphysical speculation with satirical attacks on ecclesiastical hypocrisy, and especially on the Popes and Martin Luther.

It was translated into several languages, but fell under the ban of the Inquisition on the ground of its rationalizing tendencies.

As a Christian humanist poet, he features strongly in the grammar-school education of 16th century England, translations including that of 1565 by Barnabe Googe.