Giordano Ruffo photograph

Giordano Ruffo

Giordano Ruffo Life story


Giordano Ruffo or Jordanus Ruffus was an Italian nobleman known for one of the oldest works in veterinary medicine dealing with the horse and its diseases De Medicina Equorum. Ruffo was born in Calabria around 1200 in a noble family serving Frederick II. An uncle was Pietro Ruffo, Count of Catanszaro.

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