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The Paduan Academy's emblem featured Hercules on fire on Mount Oite, with the motto "Arso il mortale al ciel n’andrà l’eterno" ("Burned being the Mortal, to Heaven will Ascend the Eternal"). Notable members and collaborators were Sperone Speroni, Benedetto Varchi, Pietro Aretino, Girolamo Preti Luigi Alamanni, Ugolino Martelli, Alessandro Piccolomini, and Angelo Beolco (el Ruzante).