A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Sade, (Laura)

by Mary Matilda Betham

SADE (LAURA), a Lady of Avignon, Wife of Hugues de Sade; died of the Plague in that City 1348,

Celebrated for the enthusiastic admiration, and constant love of Petrarch, who, after he became acquainted with her, left off his irregularities of conduct; and, though the reserve and delicacy of Laura would never permit him to hope for a return, she treated him with friendship, and appears not to have been in reality, insensible to his love, which rendered her renowned throughout Europe.