# Petrarch

> He found a cache of ancient letters and set off a civilisation. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero sparked the 14th-century Italian Renaissance and gave humanism its vocabulary - then his sonnets became the template Europe copied for centuries.

*Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/petrarch

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1304-07-20
- **Died:** 1374-07-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Francesco di Petracco on 20 July 1304, Petrarch came up as an Italian scholar and poet at the edge of something new. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is credited with igniting the 14th-century Italian Renaissance and founding Renaissance humanism. In the 16th century, Pietro Bembo used Petrarch's works - along with Boccaccio's and, to a lesser extent, Dante's - to build the model for modern Italian; the Accademia della Crusca later endorsed him as the standard for Italian style. His sonnets were admired and imitated across Europe during the Renaissance, becoming the model for lyrical poetry. He also developed the concept of the "Dark Ages". He died 19 July 1374.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 78.9 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 27.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 7.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
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## Topics
#Writers, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Poetry, #Literature, #Stand Up, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [Pétrarque](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9trarque)
- [Petrarca](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarca)
- [Петрарка, Франческо](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE)
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [弗朗切斯科·彼特拉克](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%97%E6%9C%97%E5%88%87%E6%96%AF%E7%A7%91%C2%B7%E5%BD%BC%E7%89%B9%E6%8B%89%E5%85%8B)
- [ペトラルカ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1401)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Petrarch)
- [Франчэска Петрарка](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Франчэска Пэтрарка](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [فرانشيسكو بتراركا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7)
- [Франческо Петрарка](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [پێتراک](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8E%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9)
- [Françesko Petrarka](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7esko_Petrarka)
- [Petrarca](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarca)
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [فرانچسکو پترارک](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%86%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9)
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [Франческо Петрарка](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [Francesco Petrarca](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Petrarca)
- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7esko_Petrarka)
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- [Франческо Петрарка](https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0)

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