Memorials

Fiesole Duomo 07b tomb of bishop Leonardo Salutati a

Situated In

Rosselli Number	7.0
Memorial Type
Status	extant
Current Repository	in situ
Primary Installation	wall
Secondary Installation	frn
Tomb Form	wall tomb
Liturgical Orientation	E
Documented Types	sepolcro
Component Parts	coffin bust frame relief sculpture plaque
Decorative Elements	portrait b
Material
Database ID	32001

Dates

1462 to 1466 c

decoration

Inscriptions (1 total)

2554

O S S A / LEONARDVS • SALVTATVS • CIVILIS • / PŌTIFICII Q) • IVRIS • CŌSVLTVS • EPŪS Q) / FESŪ • VIVENS • SIBI • POSVIT • VALE • LECTOR / ET ME • PRECIBVS • ADIVVA • M^oCCCCLXVI

Bones. Leonardo Salutati jurist in civil and pontifical law and bishop of Fiesole, while living placed [this tomb] for himself. Farewll, reader, and help me with your prayers. 1466

Individuals (4 total)

Salutati, Leonardo (monsignor) di M. Francesco di S. Luporo di Bonavere (vescovo di Fiesole)		1462 to 1464
Mino di Giovanni (da Fiesole)		1464 to 1466
Salutati, Leonardo (monsignor) di M. Francesco di S. Luporo di Bonavere (vescovo di Fiesole)		November 17th, 1466
Salutati, Leonardo (monsignor) di M. Francesco di S. Luporo di Bonavere (vescovo di Fiesole)		1466 to present

Groups (1 total)

Salutati

1466 to present

Related Memorials (1 total)

Fiesole Duomo 07a Cappella di S. Leonardo de Salutati

Sources (2 total)

Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali	rec. 0900019307
ASF, Manoscritti, 625, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 1409-1410, no. 7

Notes

[a] Jeanette Kohl has called the Salutati tomb "one of the most remarkable and stunning monuments in the history of Renaissance art." See Jeanette Kohl, “The Salutati Tomb in Fiesole: Animation, Representation and Scholarly Memoria.” Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte 63/64 (2018): 149–68, p. 153 for quotation.
[b] According to the Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali (rec. 00019307), the portrait bust is 57cm high.
[c] The Salutati chapel was founded in 1462 and seems to have been completed by 1466.