Memorials

Chiesa Nuova 1b Ruspoli tomb 1591

1591

The tomb of Bartolomeo Ruspoli, his sons Alessandro and Orazio, and their descendants

1591

Ruspoli, Bartolomeo di Lorenzo di Giovanni di Lorenzo di Zanobi	Maybe 1589 (date is uncertain) b
Ruspoli, Alessandro di Bartolomeo di Lorenzo di Giovanni di Lorenzo	1589 to 1591
Ruspoli, Orazio di Bartolomeo di Lorenzo di Giovanni di Zanobi	1589 to 1591
Ruspoli, Alessandro di Bartolomeo di Lorenzo di Giovanni di Lorenzo	1591 to present
Ruspoli, Bartolomeo di Lorenzo di Giovanni di Lorenzo di Zanobi	1591 to present
Ruspoli, Orazio di Bartolomeo di Lorenzo di Giovanni di Zanobi	1591 to present
Ruspoli, Orazio di Bartolomeo di Lorenzo di Giovanni di Zanobi	after 1591	c
Ruspoli, Alessandro di Bartolomeo di Lorenzo di Giovanni di Lorenzo	May 6th, 1612	d
Ruspoli, Bartolomeo (marchese) di Orazio di Bartolomeo di Lorenzo di Giovanni	May 6th, 1612

1591 to present

Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali	rec. 1200761172
ASF, Manoscritti, 625, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 1494, no. 1

[a] The floor marker commemorates both the chapel and the tomb. For the inscription see the records for the chapel and the full transcription.
[b] A Ruspoli family tree in the Carte Mariani Dei indicates that Bartolomeo Ruspoli was born in 1496, and he or his father registered this year with Florentine election officials in 1518. He moved to Rome and married in 1529, raising his family there. His death date is not known, nor is the tomb marker set up by his sons Alessandro (b. 1539) and Orazio (b. 1542) clear on when he had died, only that he was dead in 1591 when the marker was installed. He would have been 93 years old in 1589 when his sons acquired rights to build a chapel in the remodeled church, but may have died earlier with his bones moved to the new tomb upon its completion between 1589 and 1591.
[c] As a patron of the tomb, it seems likely that Orazio would have chosen it as his burial place.
[d] As a patron of the tomb, it is likely he was buried in it. He died without issue and left his estate to his nephew Marchese Bartolomeo di Orazio Ruspoli.