Individuals

Salutati, Coluccio (messer) di Piero di Coluccio

Description

As chancellor of Florence for three decades, Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio Salutati held one of the highest-paid offices in the city (Martines, p. 148), earning about 40 to 50 florins each month, and having significant influence over government decisions. Born in Stignano, he and his descendants, as well as his brothers and nephews, received Florentine citizenship in 1400, though Coluccio had been in the city since at least 1375 when he was first appointed chancellor. He married Piera di Simone da Pescia, with whom he had six sons: M. Lionardo, piovano of Montecatino; Salutato, canon at Florence Cathedral; ser Bonifazio and ser Antonio, both active notaries; and Arrigo and Simone, who were guildsman active in the wool guild and that of the druggists (ibid., 148-149).

Alternate Forenames

Lino Coluccio

Birth Family	Salutati
Gender	male
Age at Death	75
Database ID	68

Life Dates

February 16th, 1331	birth
May 4th, 1406	death
May 4th, 1406 a	burial

Employments (2 total)


Letterato (Humanist)

Posts (1 total)

Office	Government	Date
Cancelliere (Chancellor) b	Other	April 19th, 1375 to May 4th, 1406

Memorials (2 total)

Duomo deposito		May 4th, 1406	c
S. Romolo 10.1 tomb of Coluccio di Piero Salutati and his descendants		circa 1380s (date is approximate) to 1634

Related Individuals (10 total)

husband of Piera di Simone di Puccino di Vanni di Riccomo (uxor Coluccio di Piero Salutati)
father of Salutati, Andrea di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio
father of Salutati, Antonio (ser) di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio
father of Salutati, Arrigo di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio
father of Salutati, Bonifazio (ser) di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio
father of Salutati, Filippo di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio
father of Salutati, Lionardo (messer) di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio
father of Salutati, Piero di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio
father of Salutati, Salutato (messer) di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio
father of Salutati, Simone di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio

Extended Family (5 total)

Children in law	Medici, Margherita di Andrea di M. Alamanno di Lippo di M. Chiarissimo (detta Tita, uxor Arrigo di M. Coluccio Salutati)
Grandchildren	Salutati, Agnola di S. Bonifazio di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio Salutati, Marsilio di Arrigo di M. Coluccio di Piero di Coluccio
Great grandchildren	Salutati, Domenico di Marsilio di Arrigo di M. Coluccio di Piero
Great great grandchildren	Salutati, Benedetto di Domenico di Marsilio di Arrigo di M. Coluccio

Locations (3 total)

S. Cecilia, Carro, S. Croce, Florence	residence Citizens of Florence could claim membership in a gonfalone other than where they lived for purposes of taxation and political sortition, usually that of their father or other ancestor and related to where the family traditionally held its highest-value properties. The 1427 catasto contains numerous examples of a declared residence (casa per abitazione) in a parish not physically located in the gonfalone from which the tax declaration was made. Residence is "surmised" when extrapolated from political service or tax records that do not indicate the parish of residence and "documented" when the physical location of a house is known.	1396	d
S. Remigio, Leon Nero, S. Croce, Florence	death	May 4th, 1406	e
Stignano, Buggiano, Italy	birth	February 16th, 1331

Sources (7 total)

S. Strocchia, Death and Ritual	pp. 108-120
C. Salutati–F. Novati, Epistolario, vol. 4, pt. 2	pp. 387-390
ASF, Manoscritti, 253, Priorista Mariani VI	fol. 1387r
ASF, Manoscritti, 628, Sepoltuari da Francesco della Foresta	fol. 23, no. 8
D. Herlihy et al., Online Tratte	rec. 115853
L. Martines, The Social World of the Florentine Humanists	pp. 147-154; 241-245
ASF, Ufficiali poi magistrato della Grascia, Morti	fol. 187, fol. 610r

Notes

[a] Though a tomb carrying his name had been installed in the parish church of San Romolo, Coluccio Salutati was laid to rest in the Cathedral of Florence, then referred to as Santa Reparata or Santa Liperata.
[b] Strocchia (1992, pp. 108-109) calls Salutati "an exemplar of a new breed of civil servant – a professional administrator, notary, and statesman." He saw the city through the War of the Eight Saints, the Ciompi revolt, and war with Milan, which earned him great respect and brought prestige to the office of chancellor.
[c] Though he had installed a tomb for himself and his descendants in the parish church of San Romolo, government officials decided to bury him in the cathedral after a splendid civic funeral.
[d] Coluccio's wife Piera died in the parish of S. Cecilia on March 1st, 1396 and was buried in the church of San Romolo, where he had established a family tomb.
[e] According to city burial registers, Colucius Pieri of the parish of San Remigio was buried in the church of Santa Reparata on May 4th, 1406. His grand funeral took place the next day.