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Groups

Pigli

The Pigli were one of the forty families referenced 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.) The Pigli were only alluded to by reference to their coat of arms "Grand'era la colonna del Vaio" (Great already was the stripe of fur [Pigli]).

Alternate Names

  • Pilli

Heraldry Information

1. Di rosso, al palo di vaio bordato d'oro.

2. Idem, con il capo d'Angiò caricato dello scudetto del Popolo fiorentino.

Group Type
Held One or More Priorates? yes
Year of First Priorate 1288
Year of Last Priorate 1524
Total Priorates Held 9
Ceramelli Number 3779
Branded Magnate? yes
Malespini Lineage yes
Dante Lineage yes
Villani Lineage yes
Molho Rank High Status
Padgett Rank Exmagnate
Padgett Lineage yes
Litchfield Lineage yes
Database ID 559

Memorials (8 total)

S. Maria del Fiore 0 0
S. Maria Novella 0 1274
S. Maria Novella 0 1300
S. Maria Novella 0 1427
S. Maria Novella 033 Pigli
S. Maria Novella 033 Pigli
S. Maria Novella 090 M. Maffeo Pigli 1371
S. Maria Novella Arca de Pigli