Francesco Petrarca

Great poet and an outstanding humanist, Francesco Petrarca (1304 – 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was appointed Honorary Canon of the Cathedral of Padua in 1350. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with inventing the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism.

伟大诗人与杰出人文主义者弗朗切斯科·彼特拉克（Francesco Petrarca，英文通常简称为彼特拉克（Petrarch）），生卒年份为1304年至1374年，于1350年被任命为帕多瓦大教堂荣誉法政牧师。学界普遍认为，他对西塞罗书信的重新发掘，催生了14世纪文艺复兴；彼特拉克亦被公认为人文主义的奠基人。