Melin de Saint-Gelais

Melin (or Mellin) de Saint-Gelais (or Gelays) (March 3/4 or 30, 1491 - October 4, 1558) was a French poet of the Renaissance. He was born at Angoulême, most likely the natural son of gentleman of the same name (who was also seigneur of Saint-Séverin). He was close to his uncle Octavien de Saint-Gelais (1466-1502), afterwards bishop of Angoulême, himself a poet who had translated the Aeneid into French.

References

• Michel Simonin, ed. Dictionnaire des lettres françaises - Le XVIe siècle (Paris: Fayard, 2001)

This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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