Memorials

S. Miniato tra le Torri 03b tomb of the sons of messer Ubertino Strozzi, patron of the church

1452 a
1888

S. Filiorum D. Ubertini de Strozzis Patroni Ecclesie Anno Dni 1452

Strozzi, Ubertino (messer) di Geri di M. Ubertino di Strozza di Arduino Rosso	circa 1452 (date is approximate) to circa 1888 (date is approximate)	b
Guiducci da Spicchio, Francesco di Cipriano di Francesco di Cipriano di Simone	1573
Guiducci da Spicchio, Fabio di Francesco di Cipriano di Francesco di Cipriano	circa 1594 (date is approximate)

circa 1452 (date is approximate) to circa 1888 (date is approximate)

pp. 993, no. 3

[a] It is possible that the date of 1452 refers to a renovation or later intervention rather than the tomb's installation, since the "domini Ubertini" named in the inscription may be the lawyer messer Ubertino di Geri Strozzi, active at the turn of the fourteenth century. Later sources record that the descendants of Ubertino held patronage rights to the church of S. Miniato tra le Torri through the late sixteenth century. Alternatively, the transcription may preserve an error, reading MCCCCLII for MCCCLII, a date that would accord more closely with the lifetime of messer Ubertino's sons, the "filiorum domini Ubertini" named in the tomb's inscription.
[b] Though the tomb's inscription provided no patronym and was installed in 1452, the most likely candidate for the honoree is the judge messer Ubertino di Geri Strozzi, whose son Soldo received patronage rights to the church in 1344 that he shared with the Spinelli di Castelfiorentino family. Whether the 1452 tomb replaced an earlier one is difficult to determine but seems likely.