Fu ufficiale di fanteria al servizio di vari sovrani e, conclusa la sua carriera militare, visse in Friuli e compose famose e celebri poesie in lingua friulana, alcune delle quali dedicate alle sue fanciulle.
He was an infantry officer in the service of various sovereigns and, at the end of his military career, he lived in Friuli and composed famous and celebrated poems in the Friulian language, some of which dedicated to his girls.