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Coluccio Salutati, Italian political leader (died 1406)

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Coluccio Salutati

Italian classical scholar and Renaissance humanist (1331–1406)

Coluccio Salutati was an Italian Renaissance humanist and notary, and one of the most important political and cultural leaders of Renaissance Florence; as chancellor of the Florentine Republic and its most prominent voice, he was effectively the permanent secretary of state in…
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February 16

Day of the year

February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 318 days remain until the end of the year.
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