Francesco Sacchetti
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- For the writer of novelle, see Franco SacchettiFranco SacchettiFranco Sacchetti , was an Italian poet and novelist.-Biography:Born in Florence or in Ragusa , he was the son of Benci di Uguccione, surnamed "Buono", Florentine merchant of the noble and ancient family of the Sacchetti...
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Francesco di Riccardo Sacchetti (died in or before 1473) a member of an illustrious Tuscan family
Sacchetti
Sacchetti is a surname, and may refer to:* Arturo Sacchetti* Dardano Sacchetti* Francesco Sacchetti* Franco Sacchetti* Ivano Sacchetti* Massimo Sacchetti* Romeo Sacchetti...
, was a doctor of medicine and professor of logic and law at the University of Pavia
University of Pavia
The University of Pavia is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. It was founded in 1361 and is organized in 9 Faculties.-History:...
, 1449-69.
His son, Francesco di Francesco Sacchetti, a minor in 1473, was also a doctor of arts and medicine; he was taken prisoner after the battle of Pavia
Battle of Pavia
The Battle of Pavia, fought on the morning of 24 February 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521–26.A Spanish-Imperial army under the nominal command of Charles de Lannoy attacked the French army under the personal command of Francis I of France in the great hunting preserve...
, 1525, and seems to have died in captivity in Naples
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...
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