" Coluccio Salutati identified the political nature of the withdrawal: " Who does not see ," the Chancellor openly addressed the French cardinals, " that you seek not the true pope, but opt solely for a Gallic pontiff.

* February 16 – Coluccio Salutati, Florentine political leader ( d. 1406 )

* Coluccio Salutati is appointed Chancellor of Florence.

* May 4 – Coluccio Salutati, Chancellor of Florence ( b. 1331 )

Coluccio Salutati.

Coluccio Salutati ( February 16, 1331 – May 4, 1406 ) was a Tuscan humanist and man of letters, and one of the most important political and cultural leaders of Renaissance Florence ; as chancellor of the Republic and its most prominent voice, he was effectively the permanent secretary of state in the generation before the rise of the Medici.

A skilled writer and orator, Coluccio drew heavily upon the classical tradition and developed a powerful prose style based on the Latin of Virgil and Cicero: " I have always believed ," Salutati wrote " I must imitate antiquity not simply to reproduce it, but in order to produce something new " In this sense his own view of humanism was broader-based than the antiquarianism of the generation of humanists he fostered.

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The Florentine leaders, especially the chancellor Coluccio Salutati worked successfully to rally the people of Florence, but the Florentines were being taxed hard by famine, disease, and poverty.

Bruni was the pupil of political, and cultural leader Coluccio Salutati, whom he succeeded as chancellor of Florence.

The deed itself is first reported by Coluccio Salutati ( died 1406 ), Chancellor of Florence, in his letter to King Tvrtko I of Bosnia ( r. 1353-1391 ), dated 20 October 1389, on behalf of the Florentine Senate.

In 1374 Coluccio received an appointment in Florence and the following year was appointed Chancellor of Florence, the most important position in the bureaucracy of the Florentine Republic.

Filippo's chronicles were approved by the Chancellor of Florence, Coluccio Salutati, who made corrections to the work and added commentary.

Humanist Chancellor of Florence Coluccio Salutati disseminated public letters urging the cities to rebel against the " tyrannical " and " corrupt " papal rule, instead urging a return to all ' antica Republicanism.

* Coluccio Salutati ( chancellor of Florence, died 1406 ), letter to King Tvrtko I of Bosnia ( r. 1353-1391 )

In 1396, Coluccio Salutati, the chancellor of the University of Florence, invited him to come and teach Greek grammar and literature, quoting Cicero:

Taken by his father to Florence to pursue the studies for which he appeared so apt, he studied Latin under Giovanni Malpaghino of Ravenna, the friend and protégé of Petrarch, and some Greek in Rome His distinguished abilities and his dexterity as a copyist of manuscripts brought him into early notice with the chief scholars of Florence: both Coluccio Salutati and Niccolò Niccoli befriended him.

Many worked for the organized Church and were in holy orders ( like Petrarch ), while others were lawyers and chancellors of Italian cities-like Petrarch's disciple, Salutati, the Chancellor of Florence-and thus had access to book copying workshops.

Many worked for the organized Church and were in holy orders ( like Petrarch ), while others were lawyers and chancellors of Italian cities, like Petrarch's disciple, Salutati, the Chancellor of Florence, and thus had access to book copying workshops.

In his position, Salutati was responsible for the widely circulated official correspondences with other states, drafting confidential instructions to ambassadors, conducting diplomacy and negotiating treaties: " in its chancellor Florence had someone truly exceptional, endowed not only with legal knowledge, political cunning and diplomatic skill, but also with psychological penetration, a gift for public relations, and unusual literary skill.

Salutati was charged with addressing Pope Gregory XI to assure him that Florence was still a loyal member of the Guelf party.

Word of his nasty tone got to the King of France, which prompted a most conciliatory letter from Salutati, assuring the King that he meant no harm and that Florence would always be a friend to France.

By bringing Chrysoloras to Florence, Salutati made it possible for a select group of scholars ( including Bruni and Vergerio ) to read Aristotle and Plato in the original ancient Greek.

Although he failed to prevent war with the papacy, Salutati soon became the most celebrated chancellor in all of Italy and a master of the formal letter.

He was made the Chancellor of Florence shortly before his death, by Cosimo, who was his best friend.

He was for some time professor of law in the University of Florence, and after the dismissal in 1456 from the Florentine chancellorship of the renowned humanist Poggio Bracciolini for incompetence and an interregnum of two years, Accolti himself became Chancellor of the Florentine Republic in 1458.

Another project was the triumphal arch wall tomb erected in Florence's church of Santa Croce for the historian and humanist scholar Leonardo Bruni ( d. 1444 ), who had served as the State Chancellor of Florence.

The Chancellor of Florence held the most important position in the bureaucracy of the Florentine Republic.

The Chancellor of Florence, Marsilio Ficino commented on Plato ’ s Symposium ( 1474 – 75 ), while Girolamo Benivieni composed his Canzone d ’ amore ( 1486 ), which Pico della Mirandola analyzed soon after.

These comprise the University Company, which is headed by Mr. James Mageria and the University Council, headed by the Chancellor, Dr. Florence Muli-Musiime.

Dante studied under Florence's Chancellor Brunetto Latini, who was himself away from the battle scene, on embassy in Castile seeking help for Guelph Florence from Alfonso X el Sabio.