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What happened to Petrarch on his journey to Rome in 1370?

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Engraving of Petrarch wearing a laurel wreath and a robe, holding a closed book in his left hand. — Petrarch Petrarch, engraving.

In 1370, the Italian poet Petrarch was summoned to Rome by Pope Urban V. Eager to witness the realization of his dream for a new Roman papacy, he set out on the journey but was seized by a stroke while in Ferrara.1