Memorials

S. Croce crypt 207 tomb of the sons of Rosso Strozzi

late 13th or early 14th century

S. Filior. Rubei de Strozzis

The tomb of the sons of Rosso de Strozzi

Strozzi, Rosso di Strozza di M. Ubertino di Strozza di Arduino Rosso	1280s	a
Strozzi, Rosso di Geri di M. Ubertino di Strozza di Arduino Rosso	1280s to no later than 1934	b
Strozzi, Marcello (messer) di Strozza di Carlo di Strozza di Rosso	by 1441

ASF, Manoscritti, 619, Sep. S. Croce 1439	fol. 6, no. 7
ASF, Manoscritti, 618, Sep. S. Croce 1596 (copy)	fol. 14v, no. 7
ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 419, no. 207

[a] Given that Rosso di Geri Strozzi is associated with the large transept chapel in Santa Maria Novella, the Rosso named in the S. Croce crypt tomb may instead belong to his first cousin Rosso di Strozza. However, this second Rosso does not appear in the Carte Mariani Dei tree and is recorded by Litta with neither wife nor children.
[b] Given that his cousin Rosso di Strozza had no children, Rosso di Geri seems the more likely candidate for the dedication of the crypt tomb at Santa Croce, set up for his sons. However, Rosso di Geri is also honored in Santa Maria Novella on the tomb under the large family chapel in the church transept, complicating our understanding of who set up the tomb in the Franciscan crypt. That it still belonged to the family is confirmed by a notation copied from a sepoltuario dated 1441 indicating that Rosso di Geri's great-great grandson Marcello di Strozza had inherited it. Another clue is that a son of an otherwise unidentified Benedetto Strozzi was buried at Santa Croce on 25 July 1400, presumably in this tomb. See ASFi, Ufficiali poi Magistrato della Grascia, 187, fol. 358v.