1444-1504. Italy.After graduating from the University of Padua in 1465, Pandolfo Collenuccio became an ambassador in the service of Costanzo I Sforza, Lord of Pesaro. As a result of a conflict with Giovanni Sforza, Collenuccio was imprisoned and exiled in 1488. However, his fame as a humanist earned him a quick rehabilitation, as well as the protection of the House of Gonzaga and Lorenzo de' Medici. After briefly serving as podestà of Florence and Mantua, Collenuccio became a counsellor to the duke of Ferrara, Ercole d'Este. The duke later appointed him ambassador to the Holy R…