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Groups

Benvenuti

The Benvenuti family changed their name to Nobili after the merchant Bernardo di Cino Benvenuti received the fleur-de-lis and noble status from King Charles V of France in 1379.

Alternate Names

  • Bartolini
  • Benvenuti de’ Nobili
  • Benvenuti ora dei Nobili

Heraldry Information

D'azzurro, alla banda del campo, bordata d'argento, seminata di due pugnali incrociati, i.e.
Blue shield with a diagonal band of gold lilies framed by thin, silver diagonals (bendlets).

Group Type
Held One or More Priorates? yes
Year of First Priorate 1355
Year of Last Priorate 1374
Total Priorates Held 3
Ceramelli Number 3419
Branded Magnate? no
Malespini Lineage no
Dante Lineage no
Villani Lineage no
Molho Rank Not Listed
Padgett Rank Not in dataset
Padgett Lineage Not in dataset
Litchfield Lineage no
Database ID 2365

Memorials (4 total)

S. Croce church 104.1a tomb of Francesco d'Antonio Benvenuti
circa 1367 (date is approximate) to 1760
S. Croce church 104.1b holy water font of Francesco di Bartolino di Chiaro de Benvenuti
S. Maria Sopra Porta 15 Cino di Bartolino di Chiaro Benvenuti 1348
1348 to circa 1808 (date is approximate)
S. Maria Sopra Porta 16 Benvenuti Cassone

Related Individuals (1 total)

Nerli, Polisena di Bindo (uxor Francesco di Bartolino Benvenuti)

Related Groups (1 total)

Nobili (family)
1379 a

Sources (4 total)

BNCF, Collezione Genealogica Passerini ins. 171/3, no. 6 Benvenuti, ora de Nobili
ASF, Manoscritti, 251, Priorista Mariani IV pp. 804v-807 (Nobili)
ASF, Manoscritti, 519, Carte Mariani Dei vol. III, ins. 27 (Nobili)
ASF, Manoscritti, Carte Pucci vol. 599, ins. 34 (Nobili)

Notes

  • [a] In 1379 the King of France gave Bernardo di Cino Benvenuti noble status, and the family subsequently changed their name to Nobili and their arms to include the French fleur-de-lis .