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We may also wonder about the continual recurrence of the date 6 April in Petrarch's narratives. On that date he first saw Laura (1327), on that date she died (1348). On that date he was first inspired to begin his epic Africa (1338). On that date he arrived in Rome to begin the occasion of his laureation (1341). The recurrence of this date beggars coincidence. In sonnet 3 he states that he first saw Laura on the day that Christ died. This statement has caused much consternation among Petrarch scholars because 6 April 1327 was the Monday, not the Friday, of Holy Week; but they need not have feared Petrarch's accuracy because according to the best chronologies of the fourteenth century, Adam was created on 6 April and Christ was crucified on that same date. Hence the Old Adam and the New Adam were linked to a date in the calendar. In using this date Petrarch is reinforcing the opposition he continually repeats throughout the Canzoniere of his love for Laura and his love of God. (Petrarch in English Авторы: Thomas Roche - 2005 - ‎Poetry)