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Sacchetti, Franco
 (fräng´kō säk-kĕt´tē) , c.1330—1400, Italian author. He held a number of public offices in Florence and wrote lyric verse and moral discourses. He is best remembered for his Novelle (c.1378—c.1395), a collection of tales in the manner of the Decameron.