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gonfaloniere

In Medieval and Renaissance Italy, an official responsible for a specific area of a city. In Florence the title was attached to the chief member of the council of magistrates. The word derives from gonfalone (military banner), which, by extension, also came to mean a subdivision of a city with its own section of militia.



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More than a manifestation of decorum, the reference to humility was perhaps necessary in this case because of the lingering suspicion that Salvestro had somehow aided the Ciompi at the time of workers' uprising in 1378, when he was serving as Gonfaloniere di Giustizia.
Medici funerary monuments in the Duomo of Florence during the ... by Paoletti, John T. / Renaissance Quarterly
These chose an executive, the gonfaloniere di giustizia or
Saved by a miracle: in 1402 A.D., a miracle saved the Florentine ... by Behreandt, Dennis / The New American
Spinello di Lapo de'Girolami, who had served as gonfaloniere di giustizia in 1301, may have provided funds for the reliquary, but he died around 1320 - over a decade before it was made.
A French king and a magic ring: the Girolami and a relic of St. ... by Cornelison, Sally J. / Renaissance Quarterly
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