Who was Leonardo da Vinci? He had a keen eye and a quick mind that led him to make important scientific discoveries, yet he never published his ideas. He was a gentle vegetarian who loved animals and despised war, yet he worked in a military engineer to invent advanced and deadly weapons. He was one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, yet he left only a handful of completed paintings. He was the illegitimate son of a 25 year old attorney, San Piero, and a peasant girl, Caterina. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born in April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy, just outside Florence. Leonardo’s father took custody over him shortly after his birth, while his mother went on to marry someone else and moved on to a neighboring to
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