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Vittoria Colonna
Italian poet and noble
Vittoria Colonna (April 1492[1] – 25 February 1547), marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet.
As an educated and married noblewoman whose husband was in captivity, Colonna was able to develop relationships within the intellectual circles of Ischia and Naples. Her early poetry began to attract attention in the late 1510s[2] and she ultimately became one of the most popular poets of 16th-century Italy.
Upon the early death of her husband, she took refuge at a convent in Rome.
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She remained a laywoman but experienced a strong spiritual renewal and remained devoutly religious for the rest of her life. Colonna is also known to have been a muse to Michelangelo Buonarroti, himself a poet.
Early life and marriage
Colonna was born at Marino in 1492, a fief of the Colonna family in the Alban Hills, near Rome.
She was the daughter of Fabrizio Colonna, grand constable of the Kingdom of Naples