CAPORALI, CESARE. — Poet, of an ancient Vicentine family, born in Perugia in 1531 and died in Castiglione in 1601. A sudden illness interrupted his legal studies, and in Rome he served Cardinal Filippo della Corgna, nephew of Julius III. He then entered the household of Cardinal Ferdinando de’ Medici and subsequently that of Cardinal Ottavio Acquaviva, from whom he received the governorship of Atri and Giulianova. Sadoleto, Annibale Caro, Rucellai, Giovanni della Casa, and other illustrious figures were his friends and admirers. In Siena he was a member of the Accademia dei Filomati, and in Perugia, where he was nicknamed “Stemperato,” of the Accademia degli Insensati.
He wrote sonnets and short poems in terza rima, such as *La corte e il viaggio di Parnaso*, in which he mocks Bembist artifice. Of an heroicomic character is the ten-canto poem *La vita di Mecenate*, written in the Bernesque style. A critical edition of his *Rime* was prepared by G. Monti (2 vols., Lanciano 1915–1916).