Jacopo de' Pazzi

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Jacopo de' Pazzi
Pazzi

Jacopo de' Pazzi (1423 – 26 April 1478) was a

tutor to his daughter Caterina.[3] He was killed alongside his nephews Francesco and Renato after the failed Pazzi conspiracy, which was a plot to remove the Medici family from power in Florence.[4]

The conspiracy was proposed in

Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral; Giuliano was stabbed to death, but Lorenzo was only wounded and managed to escape to safety. After the failed assassination attempt, Jacopo went home and found Francesco with a wound in one leg, possibly self-inflicted.[6] With 100 armed men, Jacopo then ran through the streets of Florence crying "Liberty!", but when Francesco was dragged from his bed and hanged, Jacopo fled the city.[7]

While hiding in the village of Castagno, he was recognised and sent back to Florence, where he was tortured and hanged next to the decomposing body of fellow Pazzi conspirator Francesco Salviati. After being buried at Santa Croce, Jacopo's body was dug up, thrown in a ditch, dragged through the streets, and propped up at the door of the Palazzo Pazzi, where his head was mockingly used as a door knocker. After that, his body was thrown into the Arno, where it was retrieved by children, hung from a willow tree, flogged, and thrown back into the river.[8][4]

In popular culture

Jacopo de' Pazzi appears as an antagonist in the video game

Rodrigo Borgia during a Templar meeting for his failure to dispose of the Medici. Ezio, who had followed Jacopo to the meeting, then proceeds to put him out of his misery.[11]

References

  1. ^ Hibbert 1979, p. 131.
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  3. ^ Kohl, Witt & Welles 1978, p. 309.
  4. ^ a b Hibbert 1979, p. 141.
  5. ^ Kohl, Witt & Welles 1978, p. 307.
  6. ^ Kohl, Witt & Welles 1978, p. 315.
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  8. Putnam. p. 174
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  9. ^ Gasperini, Cedric (20 November 2009). "Assassin's Creed 2 vous ment !". Gama Live (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  10. ^ Paternoster, Agnese (12 August 2015). "Ezio Auditore da Firenze: tra storia e fenomeno videoludico". Toc Toc Firenze (in Italian). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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  12. ^ "Medici: Masters of Florence Renewed For Season 2!". Renew Cancel TV. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  13. Penske Business Media, LLC.
    Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  14. Penske Business Media, LLC.
    Retrieved 11 August 2017.

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