Groups

Soldanieri

The Soldanieri 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

  • Romaneschi di Porta Rossa

Heraldry Information

Di vaio, alla bordura composta d'oro e d'azzurro (oppure d'oro e di verde).

Group Type
Held One or More Priorates? no
Ceramelli Number 4435
Branded Magnate? yes
Malespini Lineage yes
Dante Lineage yes
Villani Lineage yes
Molho Rank Not Listed
Padgett Rank Magnate
Padgett Lineage yes
Litchfield Lineage no
Database ID 128

Memorials (2 total)

S. Croce cemetery 175 Soldaneri family
S. Maria Novella 0 1414

Related Individuals (1 total)

Guardi, Dina (donna) di Piero di Guardo di Rustichino (uxor Lapo Soldanieri)

Related Groups (2 total)

Rinaldeschi (family)
Visdomini (family) a

Notes

  • [a] listed in Segaloni, Consorterie di Famiglie Fiorentine