Individuals

Giacomini, Lorenzo (fra) di Piero di Jacopino (OP) a

Description

Known in secondary literature as Lorenzo Giacomini, this Dominican friar is best known for his authorship of two biographies of Santa Verdiana, also from Castelfiorentino.

Birth Family Giacomini
Gender male
Age at Death 86
Database ID 17006

Life Dates

1369
 birth
1455
 death

Employments (2 total)

1383 to 1455
vescovo (bishop, episcopus) b
July 6th, 1413

Related Individuals (2 total)

son of Giacomini, Piero di Jacopino
son of Giovanna (uxor Piero di Jacopino da Castelfiorentino)

Extended Family (14 total)

Siblings
Siblings in law
Nieces and nephews
Great nieces and nephews

Related Groups (1 total)

frati di Santa Maria Novella
1383 to circa 1407 (date is approximate)

Locations (2 total)

Borgo San Lorenzo, Italy death
1455
Castelfiorentino, Tuscany, Italy birth
1369

Sources (2 total)

D. M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) pp. 405, no. 58

Notes

  • [a] Silvia Nocentini, “Il dossier agiografico di Verdiana da Castelfiorentino.” In Verdiana da Castelfiorentino: contesto storico, tradizione agiografica e iconografia, edited by Silvia Nocentini. Toscana sacra, edited by Anna Benvenuti, vol. 3. SISMEL Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2011, pp. 41–43.
  • [b] Fra Lorenzo was named bishop of Achaia on 6 July 1413, but this was purely an honorary title.