Jacopo del Pecora

Life

Jacopo del Pecora (Jacopo di Bertoldo del Pecora da Montepulciano ca 1340s–after 1407) is the probable poet of Profetia di sancta Brigida, which is claimed to be a translation of a prophecy of Birgitta of Sweden. This is according to a note in the manuscript Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, II. IX. 125: "Finita la profetia di sancta Brigida la quale tratta di quello à da venire dal 1460 infino al 1470, ridotta in volgare in versi da Iacopo da Montepulciano mentre era nelle carcere del comune di Firenze." Jacopo certainly did spend time in prison in Florence between 1390–1407 for agitating against the city and allying with Siena and the Visconti. During his time in prison, he wrote many other works of poetry.

Works
Further Reading

Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. 1990. Vol. 38. Article on Iacopo del Pecora by Liana Cellerino.