Individuals

title for those having degree of "dottore di legge"

Alternate Names: Messer

A standard-bearer of the urban militia who also served on one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) of the Signoria. From around 1304, nineteen <i>gonfalonieri di Compagnia</i> were drawn from the city’s six <i>sestieri</i>. Following the reorganization of 1343, their number was reduced to sixteen, one from each <i>gonfalone</i> of the four new quarters, and their <i>collegio</i> became known as the Sixteen (<i>Sedici</i>).

Online Tratte Code: 16

A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter.

Online Tratte Code: 12

A diplomatic agent formally appointed and sent on a mission to represent a government or other authority in dealings with another power.

A diplomatic agent formally appointed and sent on a mission to represent a government or other authority in dealings with another power.

An obscure or otherwise difficult-to-define office related to the Florentine government.

A diplomatic agent formally appointed and sent on a mission to represent a government or other authority in dealings with another power.