Francesco degli Stabili (1257 – 26 September 1327; sometimes given as Francesco degli Stabili Cichus), popularly called Cecco d'Ascoli, was 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.
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