Giuliano de Medici Murdered at Mass
1478
The younger Medici brother was stabbed nineteen times at the elevation of the host in Florence's cathedral by Pazzi conspirators. His corpse was carried out by horrified worshippers. Lorenzo survived, only slightly wounded. The failed coup handed the Medici a blank check with the Florentine people for the next decade.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.