Cosimo de Medici Dies
August 1, 1464
The banker who had ruled Florence through influence rather than office died in his villa at Careggi, a frail old man among Plato manuscripts. He was buried as Pater Patriae by decree of the Signoria. His son Piero the Gouty inherited the bank, the connections, and the nearly invisible throne.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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