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Why did Petrarch move from Padua to Venice during the plague?
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Petrarch moved from Padua to Venice in September 1362 because he was a fugitive from the Black Death. He had originally arrived in Padua in 1361 specifically hoping to escape the plague, but he sought further refuge in Venice once the disease persisted.1