He was ordained a priest in 1431, the same year he wrote De voluptate, a dialogue in praise of sensual pleasure.
He was ordained a priest in 1431, the same year he wrote De voluptate, a dialogue in praise of sensual pleasure. While in the service of King Alfonso V of Aragon, he was attacked by the Inquisition for such works as a comparison of the Vulgate Bible and the Greek New Testament and for the Declamatio of 1440, which argued against the Popes temporal power. FTP, identify this humanist, who was recalled to Rome by Pope Nicholas V to become a professor of eloquence, but who is best remembered for having proven the falsity of a document which allegedly gave the church control of Western Europe, the Donation of Constantine.
He was ordained a priest in 1431, the same year he wrote De voluptate, a dialogue in praise of sensual pleasure.
Lorenzo {Valla}