Memorials

Angeli 04 Benedetto Varchi 1566 a

Situated In

S. Maria degli Angeli
Rosselli Number 4.0
Memorial Type
Status frn
Current Repository frn
Primary Installation floor
Secondary Installation no additional components
Tomb Form frn
Liturgical Orientation frn
Documented Types
  • sepoltura
  • lastrone
Decorative Elements
Material
  • marble
Database ID 31355

Dates

December 21st, 1565
burial
November 16th, 1566

Inscriptions (1 total)

2090 Benedicto Varchio Poete, Philosopho atque Historico, qui cum annos LIII. summa animi libertate sine ulla avaritia, atque ambitione vixisset obijt non invitus XVI. Kal: Decembris MDLXVI.
Silvanus Raggius Sacre huius Edis Cenobita Amico optimo pon: cur:
For Benedetto Varchi poet, philosopher, and historian, who had lived 53 years with the greatest freedom of the mind without any meanness and ambition died not unwilling on the 16th Kalends of December 1566. Silvano Razzi of this sacred monastic church took care that this be placed for his best friend.

Individuals (2 total)

Varchi, Benedetto (messer) di S. Giovanni di Guasparri
December 21st, 1565
Varchi, Benedetto (messer) di S. Giovanni di Guasparri

Groups (1 total)

Varchi

Notes

  • [a] The date on the tomb seems to refer to its installation and not the death of Varchi, which occurred during the night of December 19/20, 1565. According to gravedigger records, he was buried at the Angeli on December 21st, 1565.