Individuals

Quaratesi, Castello di Piero di Castello di Bernardo di Neri

Description

The church now known as San Salvatore al Monte, which Stefano Rosselli called San Francesco al Monte, was rebuilt at the bequest of Castello di Piero Quaratesi, replacing the simpler structure that had stood on the site since 1419. After being turned down to clad the facade of the Franciscan house of Santa Croce in town, Castello offered to rebuild the entire complex at San Francesco al Monte, and negotiations began in 1449. His testament of April 25, 1465 left the Calimala Guild in charge of seeing the new church completed, but it was not until around 1490 that works began indicating that Castello had been buried in a grave in the older church, initially a simple hall structure with altars against the walls.

Structural problems necessitated a renovation in 1499 under the guidance of a group of experts that included Giuliano da Sangallo, Leonardo da Vinci, and il Cronaca, who provided designs for the church as it appears today. The building incorporated spaces already present and added a unifying arcade that frames side chapels, each adorned in their vaults with donor family coats of arms and containing tombs. Tombs fill the floor of the sanctuary, including a new one installed to honor Castello in 1510. Whether this slab adorned the original burial site of Castello, or his remains were moved to a new tomb is unclear.

Birth Family	Quaratesi
Gender	male
Age at Death	69
Database ID	7540

Life Dates

August 14th, 1395	birth
July 9th, 1465	death

Employments (1 total)

circa 1415 (date is approximate) to July 9th, 1465

Posts (9 total)

Office	Government	Date
	Tre Maggiori	September 1st, 1428 to October 31st, 1428
	Major Guild	May 1st, 1430 to August 31st, 1430
	Tre Maggiori	November 1st, 1441 to December 31st, 1441
	Major Guild	September 1st, 1442 to December 31st, 1442
	Tre Maggiori	December 15th, 1442 to March 14th, 1443
	Tre Maggiori	June 15th, 1446 to September 14th, 1446
	Tre Maggiori	November 1st, 1447 to December 31st, 1447
Gonfaloniere di Compagnia (Advisory Councilor, Sixteen) one of two advisory councils (Collegi): the Gonfalonieri di Compagnia discussed legislation in consultation with Signoria 19 Gonfalonieri di Compagnia (the standard bearers of the urban militia--four from the Sestiere of Oltrarno and three from each of the remaining Sestieri--from ca. 1304-06) after 1343 number of Gonfalonieri di Compagnia was reduced from 19 to 16, one from each of the four Gonfaloni in each of the four quarters Online Tratte Code: 16	Tre Maggiori	May 7th, 1450 to September 6th, 1450
	Tre Maggiori	March 15th, 1461 to June 14th, 1461

Memorials (4 total)

San Francesco 01.1 Castello di Piero Quaratesi	July 9th, 1468	a
S. Francesco 01a Cappella Maggiore de Quaratesi	circa 1450 (date is approximate) to July 9th, 1468
S. Francesco 01b sepoltura di Castello Quaratesi	circa 1510 (date is approximate)	b
S. Francesco 01b sepoltura di Castello Quaratesi	1510 to present	c

Related Individuals (1 total)

son of Quaratesi, Piero di Castello di Bernardo di Neri di Guido

Extended Family (12 total)

Grandparents	Quaratesi, Castello di Bernardo di Neri di Guido di Ferzetto
Great grandparents	Quaratesi, Bernardo di Neri di Guido di Frenzetto di Orlandello
Great great grandparents	Quaratesi, Neri di Guido di Frenzetto di Orlandello
Aunts and uncles	Alberti, Francesca di Castello di Bernardo di Neri di Guido (uxor M. Cipriano di Duccio Alberti) Quaratesi, Andrea di Castello di Bernardo di Neri di Guido Quaratesi, Bernardo di Castello di Bernardo di Neri di Guido
Great great aunts and uncles	Quaratesi, Simone di Neri di Guido di Frenzetto di Orlandello
First cousins	Quaratesi, Francesco di Andrea di Castello di Bernardo di Neri Quaratesi, Simone di Bernardo di Castello di Bernardo di Neri
First cousins once removed	Quaratesi, Andrea di Francesco di Andrea di Castello di Bernardo
First cousins twice removed	Quaratesi, Camilla di Andrea di Francesco di Andrea di Castello (uxor Francesco di Niccolò Capponi) Quaratesi, Guerriera di Simone di Neri di Guido di Frenzetto (uxor Giovanni di Guido Amadori, poi Ghino di M. Manente Buondelmonti)

Related Groups (1 total)

Arte dei Calimala d

circa 1415 (date is approximate) to July 9th, 1465

Locations (2 total)

S. Lucia de' Magnoli, Scala, S. Spirito, 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.	1427	e
S. Niccolò, Scala, S. Spirito, Florence	birth		f

Sources (3 total)

ASF, Catasto, 1427	vol. 64, fol. 31v-34v (S. Spirito Scala)
BNCF, Collezione Genealogica Passerini	vol. 43 (Quaratesi), fol. 111v, 116v-118
D. Herlihy et al., Online Tratte	rec. 404993,115573, 28329, 115575, 28336, 28333, 28327, 115574, 28328, 203773, 204904, 28337

Notes

[a] Given that Castello died several decades before the completion of the church and tomb paid for with his bequest, he must have been put in a tomb of unknown form and decoration at the time of his death.
[b] Luigi Passerini reports that Castello's ashes were in his tomb at San Salvatore, but it is highly likely that he was buried in a temporary grave prior to being moved to the tomb that honors him in the church.
[c] Castello left provisions in his will to complete the church of San Francesco and his tomb. It seems that there was quite a delay by his guild to undertake and complete the work, for the tomb carries the date 1510 while he had died on July 9th, 1465. That said, Luigi Passerini reports that the guild consuls arranged a grand funeral for him, and that his ashes were put to rest in the church he sponsored at a cost of up to 100,000 gold florins for the building and its surrounding convent.
[d] Having no children, Castello di Piero Quaratesi named the merchants' guild as his universal heirs, tasking them with the completion of the convent of San Salvatore.
[e] Castello claimed his residence in this parish, but did not name his street.
[f] His family lived in Borgo San Niccolò and were patrons of the parish church.