A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Fedele, Cassandra
FEDELE, CASSANDRA,
Of Venice, born 1465. This noted lady was well acquainted with Greek, Latin, and with history. Julius the Second, Leo the Tenth, Louis the Thirteenth, and Ferdinand of Arragon, invited her to their courts; but her own republic would not allow her departure. Her death, which happened in 1558, was commemorated by the tributary praises of the literati of that day. Poliziano eulogizes her in the highest terms. There remain some letters and Latin orations of her composition.