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Fra Jacopone da Todi O.F.M. (ca. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria in the 13th century. He wrote several laudi (songs in praise of the Lord) in Italian. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre being one of the earliest scholars who dramatised Gospel subjects.

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birth date
1230-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Todi, Papal States, Umbria
death date
1306-12-25
death place
Collazzone, Papal States, Umbria
major shrine
Todi, Province of Perugia
venerated in
Todi, Province of Perugia, Franciscan

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