The Florentine government awarded Giovanni di Dino the right to include the motto Liberty on the Dini family coat of arms thanks to his service on the War Council (Otto della Guerra) during the War of the Eight Saints fought against Pope Gregory XI between 1375 and 1378.
1. D'argento, all'albero sradicato al naturale, i.e.
Argent, a tree proper eradicated, i.e.
Silver shield with a natural, uprooted tree.
2. Idem; con il capo di rosso, caricato del motto LIBERTÀ (o LIBERTAS) in caratteri d'oro, i.e.
Argent, a tree proper eradicated, on a chief gules Libertas Or, i.e.
Silver shield with a natural, uprooted tree under a red banner carrying the motto Liberty in gold.
| Group Type | |
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| Held One or More Priorates? | yes |
| Year of First Priorate | 1370 |
| Year of Last Priorate | 1531 |
| Total Priorates Held | 19 |
| Ceramelli Number | 1766 |
| Branded Magnate? | no |
| Malespini Lineage | no |
| Dante Lineage | no |
| Villani Lineage | no |
| Molho Rank | High Status |
| Padgett Rank | New men, 1343-1377 |
| Padgett Lineage | yes |
| Litchfield Lineage | yes |
| Database ID | 342 |
| S. Croce 001a Altare di S. Bastiano de Dini | circa 1547 (date is approximate) to circa 1883 (date is approximate) |
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| S. Croce 001b sepoltura di Agostino Dini | circa 1547 (date is approximate) to circa 1883 (date is approximate) a
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| S. Croce 054 deposito del corpo della donna di Francesco di Piero Dini | |||
| S. Croce 111.2 tomb of Francesco Dini | |||
| S. Croce cemetery 098.2 Donato di Dino Dini | |||
| S. Croce cloister 122.1 tomb of Baldo, or Bello, Granaiuoli | by 1560 |
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| S. Croce cloister 122.2 tomb of the heirs of Batista Dini | 1560 to circa 1800s (date is approximate) |
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| S. Martino a Gangalandi 6 Lorenzo Dini 1508 | b | ||
| S. Spirito cloister 177 Dino di S. Cenni | 1300s to 1700s |
| Leon Nero, S. Croce, Florence | by 1439 c
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| S. Felice in Piazza, Ferza, Oltrarno, Florence | early fourteenth century |
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| S. Felice in Piazza, Ferza, S. Spirito, Florence | August 11th, 1343 to circa 1438 (date is approximate) d
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| Vicchio di Rimaggio, Tuscany, Italy | late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries e
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| ASF, Ceramelli Papiani Online | fasc. 1766 |
| BNCF, Collezione Genealogica Passerini | vol. 8, fol. 87 |
| U. Verino, De illustratione urbis Florentiae, Carlo Strozzi ed. | pp. 67 |
| R. B. Litchfield, Emergence of a Bureaucracy | pp. 370 |
| H. Wills, Florentine heraldry | pp. 138 |
| ASF, Manoscritti, 251, Priorista Mariani IV | fol. 914v-915 |
| J. Padgett, "Open Elite?" | app. p. 11 |
