Religion Roman Catholic Occupation Physician | Name Demetrio Canevari Died 1625, Rome, Italy | |
Demetrio Canevari (1559-1625) was an Italian nobleman, doctor and bibliophile. He was physician of Pope Urban VIII.
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Biography
Demetrio was born in Liguria, was the son of Teramo Canevari (a wealthy merchant and lawyer) and Pellegrina Borsona. He had two brothers Matteo and Ottaviano Canevari. His paternal great-grandfather was Leonino Scordari, a trader with connections in Constantinople. Scordari was born in Genoa but possibly was of Greek origin.
Career
Demetrio Canevari made his studies first in Pavia and then in Rome, He was graduated in medicine on April 7, 1581 in Genoa. Canevari returned to Rome in 1581, where was member of the papal court and became the personal doctor of the Pope and his courtiers. In Rome he performed the functions in the art of medicine by forty years. He has authored several books of natural philosophy and medicine. His works include De ligno sancto commentarium (1602), Ars medica seu Curandorum morborum (1625), De primis rerum natura factarum principiis commentarius: (1626), and Morborum Omnium Qui Corpus Humanum Affligunt, Vt Decet, & Ex Arte Curandorum Accurata, & Plenissima Methodus (1626).
Demetrio Canevari died on September 22, 1625 in Rome. His remains were transported to Genoa, buried in Santa Maria di Castello, place where it has also been buried its ancestor Matteo Canevari.