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Groups

Spinelli

Alternate Names

  • Beccaparole
  • Bisarnesi
  • Bonsignori
  • Spinelli da Montesecco
  • Spinellis de Montesecco

Heraldry Information

1. D'azzurro, seminato di ramoscelli spinosi d'oro, e al leone attraversante dello stesso, i.e.
Blue shield sprinkled with thorny branches of gold, and a rampant lion, also gold.

2. Partito: nel 1° d'azzurro, al leone d'oro; nel 2° di vaio, i.e.
Divided vertically, in the first (left) blue, with a golden rampant lion; in the second, a vair, i.e. fur represented by interlocking rows of shield-shaped figures which, alternately blue and white

Group Type
Held One or More Priorates? yes
Year of First Priorate 1327
Year of Last Priorate 1525
Total Priorates Held 46
Ceramelli Number 4471
Branded Magnate? no
Malespini Lineage no
Dante Lineage frn
Villani Lineage frn
Molho Rank High Status
Padgett Rank Popolani, 1282-1342
Padgett Lineage yes
Litchfield Lineage frn
Database ID 468

Family Members (23 total)

Memorials (9 total)

S. Croce 171 tomb of Tommaso di Leonardo Spinelli 1453
S. Croce 172 tomb of the Spinelli family
1453
a
S. Croce 18 Spinelli Chapel
July 19th, 1460 to 1869 b
S. Croce 313.1 tomb of messer Bonsignore Spinelli and his descendants 1381
1381 to circa 1450 (date is approximate)
S. Croce 313.2 tomb of Spinello di Buonsignore di Spinello Spinelli
circa 1450 (date is approximate) to present
S. Croce Chiostro Grande dei Spinelli
S. Croce crypt 051 tomb of Bartolo di Ciardo de' Spinelli and his descendants
1333 to circa 1934 (date is approximate)
S. Croce door 251a grave for the Spinelli di Borgo di S. Croce
S. Croce door 251b grave for the Spinelli di Borgo di S. Croce

Related Individuals (2 total)

Lapa di Lore da Ghiereto (uxor Bartolo di Ciardo Spinelli)
Strozzi, Bice di M. Tommaso di Marco di Rosso di Geri (uxor Lionardo di Francesco Spinelli)

Related Groups (1 total)

Tolosini (family)

Notes

  • [a] coat of arms on tomb and name in inscription
  • [b] Sir Francis Sloane paid for new facade of S. Croce in 1863 and purchased and restored chapel in same decade. When Spinelli died out needs further research.
  • [c] Simone di Spinello listed as resident of parish in 1260; houses remained in Borgo S. Croce through and beyond republic