Ciro di Pers

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Ciro di Pers (Italian: [ˈtʃiːro di pers]; 17 April 1599 – 7 April 1663) was an Italian Baroque poet and man of letters. Ciro di Pers was born in the castle of Pers, San Daniele del Friuli, near Udine. He was the only son of Giulio Antonio and Ginevra Colloredo. He received his early education in Gemona, under the guidance of the well-known humanist Iginio di Maniago. Between 1613 and 1618 he lived in Bologna, where he studied philosophy and theology and became a friend of two of the most famous poets of his time, Claudio Achillini and Girolamo Preti. When his father died, he returned to Pers. In May 1627, after an unhappy love affair with his young cousin Taddea Colloredo (the ‘Nicea’ to whom much of his verse is addressed) he enrolled in the Order of the Knights of Malta. Before embarking for the island, he visited Venice where he befriended Pietro Michiel, a member of the Accademia degli Incogniti. Stopping in Florence, he was introduced at court to Prince Leopoldo de' Medici. Pers arrived in Malta on 4 May 1627.