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Note: The Saviour of Florence
Tag(s): Italy, Medici
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Twenty-five at the time of his murder, he had never been married; but earlier that year his young mistress, Fioretta Gorini, had borne him a son who was christened Giulio.1 This boy, whose mother soon afterwards died, was adopted by Lorenzo who treated him as though he were his own child.
LOCATION: 2135

The Tuscan bishops, reacting defiantly to the Bull of Excommunication, had unanimously decided at a meeting in the Cathedral in Florence that the actions which the Signoria had so far taken were completely justified. And, in accordance with this decision, they issued their own decree excommunicating the Pope.
LOCATION: 2236