Antonio Abati

Who was Antonio Abati?

Antonio Abati was an Italian poet. We know that he was born in Gubbio, but the rest of his youthful biography is very vague. Abati was a satirical poet who wrote in the Baroque style. His book of nine satires was published in 1651.

Around 1640 he was at Rome as a member of various academies, among which that of gli Umoristi, where he read "Ragguagli di Parnasso", dedicated to the bad poets of the times. Between 1634 and 1638, Abati was in Viterbo, where he made the acquaintance of Salvator Rosa.