Jacopo II da Carrara
Jacopo II da Carrara (or Giacomo II) (died 1350), of the
Francesco Petrarca to Padua for a time, and his own son, Francesco I, was an artisan. Jacopo also introduced the carrarino
as the currency of Padua.
In May 1345 Jacopo murdered the incumbent prince,
Virgin Mary
to adorn his tomb in the church of Sant' Agostino (it was moved, following bombing during the Second World War, to the Church of the Eremitani).