Franciscus Portus
Greek scholar and translator
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Franciscus Portus was a Greek-Italian Renaissance humanist and classical scholar. Biography Born on Crete on 22 August 1511, Portus was orphaned early. He studied in his youth with Arsenius Apostolius. He went to study in Italy thanks to the generosity of a family friend. He studied for six years in Padova, and then went to Venice, where he was admitted to the city's Greek school, where he soon became the director . During the decade from 1526 to 1535, one should also note his important activity as a copyist of Greek manuscripts. However, he was an adherent of Reformed Christianity, and certain mocking remarks that he made about the customs of traditional Christian religion, such as fasting and veneration of images, caused him to leave Venice.
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