The Gherardini were one of the forty families named by Dante in Paradiso 16.88-139 as great in his grandfather Cacciaguida's day, but by his time diminished: "per che non dee parer mirabil cosa / ciò ch'io dirò de li alti Fiorentini / onde è la fama nel tempo nascosa." (‘Then it should not seem strange or marvelous to you / to hear me talk of noble Florentines / whose fame is buried in the depth of time. Hollander trans.)
Alternate Names
Gherardini da Monte Corboli
Gherardini de Vai
Montericordoli
Montisci
Piovaneschi
Torre
Viamaggio
Vineamaggio
Heraldry Information
1. Di rosso, a tre fasce di vaio
2. Fasciato di sei pezzi di rosso e di vaio.
3. Idem; con il capo d'azzurro, caricato di un lambello a sei pendenti di rosso.
Group Type
family
groups related by blood, marriage, and/or adoption
individual has matriculated, joined, or been named to this group, including one who has joined a monastery, friary, or convent as a member or third order
[a] It is not clear whether Lapo di Gherardo, as he is named in the sepoltuario of 1439, was a member of the Gherardini family. In 1440, one Betto Gherardini Piovaneschi had rights to the tomb, seemingly as an heir.
