Enrico degli Scrovegni was a Paduan nobleman who lived in the early 14th century around the time of Giotto and Dante. He was the son of Reginaldo degli Scrovegni. He may have been a member of the Cavalieri Gaudenti.
Enrico is most famous as the patron of Giotto, commissioning the great painter to paint the famous Scrovegni Chapel. Apparently, he did this to atone for the sin of usury. Dante placed Reginaldo degli Scrovegni, his father in the Seventh Circle of Hell for his notoriously ill-gotten gains; and Enrico himself was a moneylender on a grand scale.[1]
Eimerl, Sarel; the Editors of TIME-LIFE BOOKS (1967). The World of Giotto. New York: Time Incorporated. pp. 109.