Lapo da Castiglionchio the Elder (c. 1316 – 1381) was born in Rome. He was a correspondent and friend of Petrarch from 1350. A Tuscan noble of reduced fortune, Lapo da Castiglionchio the Elder was a leader in the events before the Revolt of the Ciompi in Florence in 1378.Gene A. Brucker, "The Revolt of the Ciompi", in Florentine Studies (1968).
He was the grandfather of Lapo da Castiglionchio the Younger.
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