Luchino Dal Verme

He was a member of a noble family of Verona, and his father was a supporter of Cangrande I della Scala.

His friendship with poet Francesco Petrarca is documented for the first time in 1350, when he was likely at the service of the Visconti of Milan.

Two years later, he sided for Galeazzo, who named him as captain-general of Piedmont, where Dal Verme fought against the Marquisate of Montferrat and the English troops that were routing the area at the time.

After advice from Petrarca, in 1364 he accepted from the Republic of Venice the task of suppressing the Revolt of Saint Titus, a rebellion that had broken out in Crete.

After this period, there are little sources about Dal Verme's life: for sure it is known, in particular from Petrarca's letters, that he was in the Holy Land.