fidenziana

The term "Fidenziana" refers to a type of poetry that emerged during the Italian Renaissance. It is named after Camillo Scroffa, who wrote parodies of Petrarchan poetry. This style combined Latin words with Italian grammatical structure and syntax. Fidenziana poetry, along with macaronic poetry, was a form of parody that ridiculed the excesses of humanist literature.1

Fidenza itself is a town in northern Italy, historically known as Borgo San Donnino. It was renamed Fidenza in 1927. The town has a Romanesque-Gothic cathedral and was significantly damaged during World War II, but has since been rebuilt as an agricultural center.2