Petrarch died on the night of July 18, 1374. The funeral was held in the parish church of St. Mary of the Assumption, in the presence of Francesca the Elder da Carrara, the Bishop of Padua and the other bishops. Sixteen 16 doctors of the University of Padua carried the coffin to a temporary burial at the church. The oration was delivered by Frate Bonaventura da Peraga, who later became cardinal. Then, in spite of the fact that Francesco the Elder and the Carraresi court dignitaries insisted the body be taken to Padua, Francescuolo da Brossano, Petrarch's son-in-law and executor of the will, had the permanent tomb erected at the same St. Mary of the Assumption, in the sacristy, which was used as a cemetery until the end of the 19th century. The monument was inspired by the monument to Antenore and the tomb of Rolandino da Piazzola, at the sacristy of the Duomo. An epigraph inscribed in the sarcophagus, and said to be written by Petrarch himself, readss This stone covers the cold bones of Francesco Petrarca; / Virgin Mary, welcome his soul you oh Son of the irgin, offer pardon. I And may this soul, now fatigued by the world, find rest in the rock of Heaven.' The low plinth that supports the pilasters bears a dedication by Francescuolo:'To the illustrious Francesco Petrarca, poet renowned I his son-in-law Francescuolo da Brossano, Milanese / for the indissoluble bonds of love, of kinship, of heredity, of memory.'