Arlotto Mainardi (1396–1484), known variously as Pievano Arlotto or Piovano Arlotto, was a priest known for jests and "pleasantries." The Motti e facezie del Piovano Arlotto, by an anonymous friend, recorded many of these.[1] He had friends among the Florentine elite and the sometimes ribald stories involving him appealed to many listeners.[2] The only writing known to be definitively by him is his epitaph, which states that he built his tomb for himself and "for anyone else who cared to join him inside." As a folk-hero he became known for a wit that tended to value practical virtues like sobriety and hard-work.[3]