Valentino Bellucci
Valentino Bellucci (1975 – 16 December 2021) was an Italian philosopher, sociologist, poet, painter, and essayist. Life and career Bellucci was born in Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. He taught "History and critical analysis of the video-theater" at the Academy of Fine Arts in Macerata. He was teacher of history and philosophy at the Italian high schools and cooperated with seminars at the University of Urbino. After studying with the Orientalist Icilio Vecchiotti, he dedicated himself to the oriental culture, especially to the Vaishnava Bhakti tradition, exploring the epistemological, historical and psychological aspects. He devoted himself to an intensive information activity, concerning the philosophy and sociology, with his publications and conferences. As painter, he followed in particular the figurative school of Pietro Annigoni. Some of his works are displayed in some churches in the Marche region. In 2003 he met Giovanni Raboni who rewarded him for a poetic composition. His poems were recited by the actor Walter Maestosi. He died from a heart attack on 16 December 2021, at the age of 46. Thought Bellucci developed the existential themes of mysticism, both in the Western philosophical and religious tradition and in the Vaishnava Bhakti one; in the essay “Lo yoga devozionale