- Rinaldo Cavalchini
Rinaldo Cavalchini, 1291-1362, lived in
Villafranca di Verona nearVerona and was better known as Rinaldo from Villafranca.Life
He was the son of the notary Oliviero and employed in 1332 by
della Scala of Verona aspreceptor to the Court Scaligera. He was a poet as well as ahumanist . He was a close friend ofPetrarch , as well as a personal tutor to his son Giovanni in 1345. Petrarch communicated with him and he is mentioned in Petrarch's "sine nomine " in letter eleven asking for Petrarch's help in getting employed in thepapal curia at Avignon. [Zacour, Norman P., "Petrarch's Book Without A Name," p. 73; translation of "Liber Sine Nomine", Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Canada (1973); ISBN 0-88844-260-2]He is famous for the epitaphs he wrote for
Cangrande I della Scala andMastino II della Scala . He gave all his possessions to St. Peter's Church inZevio , San Fermo Friary, and to St. Peter's Church of Villafranca in his Will. The lineage of Cavalchini died at the end of 1400. [ [http://www.liceomedi.com/matteo/mescav.htm Rinaldo Cavalchini] ]ee also
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House of Scaliger
*"Book Without A Name "
* [http://www.comune.villafranca.vr.it/index.php?stile=normale&ancora=storia&funzione=web_pages&ancora=personaggi&titolo_menu=TURISMO&voce_menu=Storia%20di%20Villafranca A short biography of Rinaldo Cavalchini] on the Comune di Villafranca website it iconReferences
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