About Rinaldo Cavalchini
Lived 1291 – 1362 (aged 70–71). Rinaldo Cavalchini was a poet.
Rinaldo Cavalchini (1291–1362) lived in Villafranca di Verona near Verona and was better known as Rinaldo from Villafranca.
Life He was the son of the notary Oliviero and worked at the Della Scala family court. He was a poet as well as a humanist. He was a close friend of Petrarch and was a tutor for his son Giovanni. 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 the papal curia at Avignon.
He is famous for the epitaphs he wrote for Cangrande I della Scala and Mastino II della Scala. The lineage of Cavalchini died at the end of 1400.
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Who was Rinaldo Cavalchini?
Italian writer
When was Rinaldo Cavalchini born?
Rinaldo Cavalchini was born in 1291 in Villafranca di Verona.
When did Rinaldo Cavalchini die?
Rinaldo Cavalchini died in 1362 in Verona.
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Rinaldo Cavalchini was a poet.
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