Lorenzo de Medici Dies
April 8, 1492
The Magnificent died at forty-three at the villa of Careggi, attended, some claimed, by the fanatical friar Savonarola, who refused him absolution. His weaker son Piero inherited Florence. Within two years the family would be expelled. Italy's golden equilibrium, built on Lorenzo's diplomacy, collapsed within a decade of his burial.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.