the son of Biaquino da Cammino and
India da Camposampiero, was born c. 1240, was a citizen of Padua
and held vast estates around Belluno and Cadore was captain of
Belluno and Feltre, and in 1283 became captain-general of Treviso,
an offfice he held until his death in March 1306;
he is mentioned by
Marco Lombardo (in Circle III of Purgatory) who, in speaking of the
degenerate state into which Lombardy had fallen after the wars
between Frederick II and the Church, says that there yet survive
three old men whose lives are a reproach to the younger generation,
viz. Currado da Palazzo, Guido da Castello, and il buon
Gherardo,[Purg. xvi. 121-126].
