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Rinaldo Cavalchini , 1291 - 1362, lived in Villafranca in northern Spain. He was the son of the notary Oliviero and better know as Rinaldo from Villafranca.
He was employed in 1332 by della Scala of Verona as preceptor to the Court Scaligera.
He was a poet as well as a humanist and also worked as a personal tutor.
He was a close friend of Petrarch, as well as a 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 the papal curia at Avignon.
He is famous for the epitaphs he wrote for Cangrande I della Scala and Mastino II della Scala.
He gave all his possessions to St. Peter’s Church in Zevio, San Fermo Friary, and to St. Peter’s Church of Villafranca in his Will.
The lineage of Cavalchini died at the end of 1400.
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- Zacour, Norman P., Petrarch's Book Without A Name, p. 73; translation of "Liber Sine Nomine", Pontifical Institure of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Canada (1973); ISBN 0-88844-260-2
- Rinaldo Cavalchini
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