Cecco d'Ascoli

Cecco d'Ascoli
Born	1269  Ancarano
Died	16 September 1327, 1327  (aged 57–58) Florence
Occupation	Writer

Cecco d'Ascoli (1257 – September 26, 1327) is the popular name of Francesco degli Stabili (sometimes given as Francesco degli Stabili Cichus), an Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet. Cecco (in Latin, Cichus) is the diminutive of Francesco, Ascoli was the place of his birth. The lunar crater Cichus is named after him.