Enrico degli Scrovegni was a Paduan nobleman who lived in the early 1300s around the time of Giotto and Dante. He was the son of Reginaldo degli Scrovegni. He was also an active member of the Calvalieri Gaudenti. Enrico is most famous as the patron of Giotto, commissioning the great painter to paint the famous Scrovegni Chapel. Apparently, he did this to atone for the sins of his father, whom Dante placed in the Seventh Circle of Hell.
References
Eimerl, Sarel; the Editors of TIME-LIFE BOOKS (1967). The World of Giotto. New York: Time Incorporated, 109.
