Federico Frezzi

Most Reverend Federico Frezzi
Bishop of Foligno
Federico Frezzi
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Foligno
In office	1403–1416
Predecessor	Onofrio Trinci
Successor	Niccolò Ferragatti
Orders
Consecration	16 November 1403
Personal details
Born	Foligno, Papal States
Died	1416 (1417) Konstanz, Holy Roman Empire

Federico Frezzi (Foligno, 14th century – Konstanz, 1416) was an Italian poet and bishop.

Biography

Born in Foligno, Frezzi entered the Dominican order and studied in Florence. He became professor of theology at the universities of Florence, Pisa, and Bologna and gathered various important positions in church.

Between 1394 and 1403 he wrote his Quadriregio, a long didactic epic in 74 canti of terza rima, describing—clearly under Dante's influence—the journey from sin to salvation through the realms of Love, Satan, the Vices and the Virtues, under the guidance of Cupid and then Minerva.

In 1403 Frezzi became bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Foligno. He took part to the council of Constance. He died in Konstanz during the Council in 1416.

Modern editions

• Frezzi, Federico. Il Quadriregio, ed. Enrico Filippini. Bari: Laterza, 1914.

Bibliography

• Corbo, Gabriella (1985). "Osservazioni sul titolo originale del poema di Federico Frezzi". Rassegna della Letteratura Italiana. 89: 444–451.
• Filippini, Enrico (1922). Studi frezziani. Foligno: F. Campitelli.
• Filippini, Enrico (1927). "Un antico ed ignoto codice del Quadriregio tornato recentemente in Italia". Bibliofilia. 29: 27–37.
• Negri, Renzo (1984). "Federico Frezzi". Enciclopedia Dantesca. Vol. 3. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. p. 56. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
• Pellizzari, Achille (1913). Riflessi danteschi nel Trecento. Naples. pp. 167–189.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Petrocchi, Giorgio (1965). "Cultura e poesia del Trecento". Storia della letteratura italiana. Milan: Garzanti. pp. 600–602.
• Rotondi, Giovanni (1921). Federico Frezzi: La vita e le opere. Todi. pp. 139–145.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Sapegno, Natalino (1973). Il Trecento. Milan: Vallardi. p. 130.
• Terpening, Ronnie H. (1985). Charon and the Crossing: Ancient, Medieval, and Renaisance Transformations of a Myth. London and Toronto: Associated University Presses. pp. 139–145.

External links

• Foà, Simona (1998). "FREZZI, Federico". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 50: Francesco 1. Sforza–Gabbi. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
• Botterill, Steven (2002). "Frezzi, Federico". The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
• Works by Federico Frezzi at Project Gutenberg