Date of Birth: 1555-60
Place of Birth: Unknown; possibly Venice
Date of Death: 17 April 1602
Place of Death: Rome
Biography
Lazzaro Soranzo was a Venetian jurist, poet and writer, born around 1555-60 and associated with the Venetian noble family Soranzo. Lazzaro was an illegitimate son of Benedetto Soranzo, who died heroically during the Battle of Lepanto by blowing up his own galley (1571). As an i…