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Biography
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 employed in 1332 by della Scala of Verona as preceptor to the Court Scaligera. He was a poet as well as a humanist. He was a close friend of Petrarch, 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 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.