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Gentile de' Becchi

Gentile de' Becchi (1420/1430 – 1497) was an Italian bishop, diplomat, orator and writer. He was a member of the Platonic Academy of the Medici of Florence and tutor of Lorenzo the Magnificent and his son Giovanni de' Medici, later Pope Leo X. Of his writings there exist many letters, poems in Latin, and prayers which are praised by historian Cecil Grayson as his finest works.

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• ▸Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Chełm
• ▸Constitutional Court of Albania
• ▸Bourges Cathedral

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