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{{Quote|Go, my son, destroy them... but remember for whom we Assassins fight.|Maria to Ezio, 1500.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Emergency Exit}}
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'''Maria Auditore da Firenze''' (née '''de' Mozzi'''; 1432 – 1504) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] noblewoman during the [[Renaissance]] and, alongside her husband [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], a member of the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]]. She was also the mother of four children, one of whom–[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]–would eventually become [[Mentor]] of the Italian Brotherhood. Through Ezio, she is an ancestor to [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and [[William Miles]], [[Clay Kaczmarek]] and [[Noa Kim]].<ref name=ACFT>''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 13|Episode 13]]</ref>
'''Maria Auditore da Firenze''' (née '''de' Mozzi'''; 1432 – 1504) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] noblewoman during the [[Renaissance]] and, alongside her husband [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], a member of the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]]. She was also the mother of four children, one of whom–[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]–would eventually become [[Mentor]] of the Italian Brotherhood.


Born into the noble Mozzi family, Maria liked to blend with "real citizens" when she was younger, which led to her meeting Giovanni Auditore, the man who would later become her husband. As a member of the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]], Maria continued to fraternize with the lower classes, developing a working relationship with the artist [[Leonardo da Vinci]].
Born into the noble Mozzi family, Maria liked to blend with "real citizens" when she was younger, which led to her meeting Giovanni Auditore, the man who would later become her husband. As a member of the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]], Maria continued to fraternize with the lower classes, developing a working relationship with the artist [[Leonardo da Vinci]].
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==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
Born to the powerful and opulent Mozzi family of Florence, Maria's parents strongly protected her from the outside world. Resenting this control, the young Maria chose to actively fraternize with the lower classes in the city.<ref name="AC2 Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Maria Auditore (Assassin's Creed II)]]</ref>
Born to the powerful and opulent [[Mozzi family]] of [[Florence]], Maria's parents strongly protected her from the outside world. Resenting this control, the young Maria chose to actively fraternize with the lower classes in the city.<ref name="AC2 Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Maria Auditore (Assassin's Creed II)|Database: Maria Auditore]]</ref>


Reluctantly, her parents eventually compromised with their daughter and allowed her to open up a bakery inside the family palazzo where, a week later, she met Giovanni Auditore. Wooed by Giovanni, the two developed a close relationship and eventually married in 1452.<ref name="AC2 Database" />
Reluctantly, her parents eventually compromised with their daughter and allowed her to open up a bakery inside the family palazzo where, a week later, she met [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]]. Wooed by Giovanni, the two developed a close relationship and eventually married in 1450.<ref name="AC2 Database" />


===Life as an Auditore===
===Life as an Auditore===
Now married, Maria went to live with Giovanni. Over time, Maria gave birth to four children: [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], Ezio, [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia]], and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio Auditore]].<ref name="AC2">''Assassin's Creed II''</ref>
Now married, Maria went to live with Giovanni. Over time, Maria gave birth to four children: [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]], [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia]], and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio Auditore]].<ref name="AC2">''Assassin's Creed II''</ref> During the early years of their marriage, Giovanni was inducted into the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] and required Maria to help him keep the secret from their children. Sometime thereafter, Maria herself was inducted into the Order.<ref name="ACL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref><ref name="Emergency Exit" />


During the early years of their marriage, Giovanni was inducted into the Assassin Order and required Maria to help him keep the secret from their children. Sometime thereafter, Maria herself was inducted into the Order.<ref name="ACL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref><ref name="Emergency Exit" />
[[File:Friend of the Family 4.png|thumb|250px|left|Maria walking with Ezio and Leonardo]]
By 1476, Maria had taken to supporting various local artists, such as [[Leonardo da Vinci]], whom she introduced to her son Ezio when she requested the latter's help carrying some of Leonardo's works from his [[Bottega di Leonardo|workshop]] to their [[Palazzo Auditore|home]].<ref name="Friend of the Family">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Friend of the Family]]</ref>


In 1476, Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio were arrested by the Florentine government on false charges of treason. When she protested, she was assaulted by the city [[Soldier|guards]] and slipped into a state of shock as a result.<ref name="Jailbird">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Jailbird]]</ref>
However, later that day, Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio were arrested by the Florentine government on false charges of treason. When Maria protested, she was assaulted by the city [[Soldier|guards]] and slipped into a state of shock as a result.<ref name="Jailbird">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Jailbird]]</ref> The three were ultimately tried and hanged, despite Ezio's attempt to prevent their deaths.<ref name="Last Man Standing">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Last Man Standing]]</ref>


The three were tried and hanged, despite her remaining son's attempt to prevent their deaths.<ref name="LMS">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Last Man Standing]]</ref> Maria, who had not spoken since the arrest, was brought to her fellow Assassin, [[Paola]], alongside Claudia, by their family's servant and Paola's sister, [[Annetta]].<ref name="Fitting In">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Fitting In]]</ref> She remained there for a while until Ezio returned to take them to the [[Villa Auditore|home]] of her brother-in-law, [[Mario Auditore]], in [[Monteriggioni]].<ref name="RA">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Roadside Assistance]]</ref>
Maria, who had not spoken since the arrest, was brought to her fellow Assassin, [[Paola]], alongside Claudia, by their family's servant and Paola's sister, [[Annetta]].<ref name="Fitting In">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Fitting In]]</ref> She remained there for a while until Ezio returned to take them to the [[Villa Auditore|home]] of Maria's brother-in-law, [[Mario Auditore]], in [[Monteriggioni]].<ref name="Roadside Assistance">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Roadside Assistance]]</ref>


While there, Maria remained silently sitting in prayer beside her bed for several years,<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Practice Makes Perfect]]</ref> not speaking until Ezio brought her a hundred [[feather]]s in the memory of Petruccio. Thanking Ezio for not forgetting about her, Maria hugged him and presented him with a cape bearing the Auditore coat of arms.<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Floating conversations]]</ref> Afterward, Maria's temperament began to improve.<ref name="ACB">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''</ref>
While there, Maria remained silently sitting in prayer beside her bed for several years,<ref name="Practice Makes Perfect">''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Practice Makes Perfect]]</ref> not speaking until Ezio brought her a hundred [[feather]]s in the memory of Petruccio. Thanking Ezio for not forgetting about her, Maria hugged him and presented him with a cape bearing the Auditore coat of arms.<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Floating conversations]]</ref> Afterward, Maria's temperament began to improve.<ref name="ACB">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''</ref>


===Later life in Rome ===
===Later life in Rome===
[[File:EExit 5.png|thumb|left|250px|Maria, Claudia and Ezio during the Borgia siege]]
[[File:EExit 5.png|thumb|250px|Maria, Claudia and Ezio during the Borgia siege]]
In January 1500, after Ezio returned from his confrontation with the murderer of their family—[[Rodrigo Borgia]]—in [[Rome]], Monteriggioni was [[siege of Monteriggioni|besieged]] by the [[House of Borgia|Papal forces]] under the command of Rodrigo's son, [[Cesare Borgia]].<ref name="Vilified">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Vilified]]</ref> Maria fled to the [[sanctuary]] beneath the Villa, where she waited for Claudia and Ezio to join her. It was here that she learned of the execution of her brother-in-law by yet another Borgia.<ref name="Emergency Exit">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Emergency Exit]]</ref>
In January 1500, after Ezio returned from his confrontation with the murderer of their family—[[Rodrigo Borgia]]—in [[Rome]], Monteriggioni was [[siege of Monteriggioni|besieged]] by the [[House of Borgia|Papal forces]] under the command of Rodrigo's son, [[Cesare Borgia]].<ref name="Vilified">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Vilified]]</ref> Maria fled to the [[sanctuary]] beneath the Villa, where she waited for Claudia and Ezio to join her. It was here that she learned of the execution of her brother-in-law Mario by yet another Borgia.<ref name="Emergency Exit">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Emergency Exit]]</ref>


From there, the three fled the town via a [[Auditore Family Crypt|secret passageway]] built into the mound upon which the town rested.<ref name="ACB" /> Ezio then instructed Maria and Claudia to return to Florence, where they would be safe, while Ezio would head to Rome to take down the entire Borgia family. As Ezio began to ride off, Maria encouraged him to wipe out the Borgia.<ref name="Emergency Exit" />
From there, the three fled the town via a [[Auditore Family Crypt|secret passageway]] built into the mound upon which the town rested. Ezio then instructed Maria and Claudia to return to Florence, where they would be safe, while Ezio would head to Rome to take down the entire Borgia family. As Ezio began to ride off, Maria encouraged him to wipe out the Borgia.<ref name="Emergency Exit" />


Returning to Florence, Maria and her daughter found the Palazzo Auditore burned to the ground. With nowhere else to go, the two decided to follow Ezio to Rome, where they felt that they would be better suited to do something to aid him.<ref name="ACB" />
Returning to Florence, Maria and her daughter found the [[Palazzo Auditore]] burned to the ground. With nowhere else to go, the two decided to follow Ezio to Rome, where they felt that they would be better suited to do something to aid him.<ref name="ACB" />


[[File:Negotiations 7.png|thumb|250px|Maria with Claudia and Ezio at the Rosa in Fiore]]
Traveling to the [[Tiber Island headquarters|Assassins' hideout]] on [[Tiber Island]], Maria and Claudia met with the Order's acting-leader, [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], who told them to look for Ezio at the [[Rosa in Fiore]]. When they arrived, Ezio was not there, so they spoke to the resident [[courtesan]]s as they waited for him. Shortly thereafter, Ezio returned with news that the [[brothel]]'s owner, ''Madonna'' [[Madonna Solari|Solari]], had been killed by the [[Cento Occhi]] gang.<ref name="High-Stakes Negotiation">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[High-Stakes Negotiation]]</ref>
Traveling to the [[Tiber Island headquarters|Assassins' hideout]] on [[Tiber Island]], Maria and Claudia met with the Order's acting-leader, [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], who told them to look for Ezio at the [[Rosa in Fiore]].<ref name="ACB" /> When they arrived, Ezio was not there, so they spoke only to the resident [[courtesan]]s as they waited for him. Shortly thereafter, Ezio returned with news that the [[brothel]]'s Madame, [[Madonna Solari|Solari]], had been killed by the [[Cento Occhi]] bandits.<ref name="High-Stakes Negotiation">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[High-Stakes Negotiation]]</ref>


Maria's son was both shocked and angry to discover his family in Rome; his mood only worsened when, reminded by the courtesans that they could not continue without a Madame, Claudia volunteered for the task, much to Ezio's displeasure. With a role set for them, Maria helped Claudia in controlling and managing the brothel, instructing her son to aid the girls wherever he could.<ref name="High-Stakes Negotiation" /> When the Rosa in Fiore was attacked by Borgia soldiers, Maria helped to defend the brothel and was guarded by several courtesans. Later, she expressed her relief that Claudia and Ezio had finally reconciled.<ref name="Paper Trail">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Paper Trail]]</ref>
[[File:Negotiations 7.png|thumb|250px|left|Maria with Claudia and Ezio at the Rosa in Fiore]]
Maria's son was both shocked and angry to discover his family in Rome. His mood only worsened when, reminded by the courtesans that they could not continue without a Madame, Claudia volunteered for the task, much to Ezio's displeasure. With a role set for them, Maria helped Claudia in controlling and managing the brothel, instructing her son to aid the girls wherever he could.<ref name="High-Stakes Negotiation" />


By this time, Maria's health had slowly begun to decline, due mainly to a long-term illness she had been suffering from, to which she eventually succumbed in 1504, leaving both Ezio and Claudia devastated.<ref name="ACB novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]] – {{Cite|21 Jan 2021. Chapter needed}}</ref>
When the Rosa in Fiore was attacked by Borgia soldiers, Maria helped to defend the brothel and was guarded by several courtesans. Later, she expressed her relief that Claudia and Ezio had finally reconciled.<ref name="Paper Trail">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – [[Paper Trail]]</ref>


== Legacy ==
By this time, Maria's health had slowly begun to decline, mainly due to a long-term illness she had been suffering from. She later began to talk of Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio again, before succumbing to her illness and passing away in 1504, which left both Ezio and Claudia devastated.<ref name="ACB novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]] – {{Cite|21 Jan 2021. Chapter needed}}</ref>
Due to the diaries she had kept up until the execution of her husband and sons in 1476, Maria became the most well-known member of the Auditore family to historians. The diaries were later translated and put on display in the {{Wiki|Uffizi}} Gallery in Florence.<ref name="AC2 Database" />
 
===Legacy===
{{Quote|It is as if he plucked her from heaven, and gave her new life. Grazie (Thank you), Leonardo. I shall treasure this until my last day.|Ezio, upon finding the painting depicting Maria, 1509.|Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR|Return to Monteriggioni}}
A few years after Maria's death, Claudia commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to make a painting of herself, Ezio, and Maria, as a memento of their late mother. In 1509, she hid this painting within a music box in the attic of the Villa Auditore, where it would eventually be found by Ezio.<ref name="Return to Monteriggioni">''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' – [[Return to Monteriggioni]]</ref>
 
Thanks to the [[Diaries of Maria Auditore|multi-volume diaries]] Maria kept from her youth<ref name="AC2 Database" /> until the execution of her husband and sons in 1476,<ref name="Brotherhood Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Database: Maria Auditore (Brotherhood)]]</ref> she became an important source for historians, detailing her life, her patronage of several up-and-coming artists and her trials as a mother. By modern times, her diaries had been translated and put on display at the [[Uffizi Gallery]] in Florence.<ref name="AC2 Database" />


==Personality and traits==
==Personality and traits==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACEncyclopedia-Maria Auditore.jpg|Concept art of Maria
ACEncyclopedia-Maria Auditore.jpg|Concept art of Maria
AC2 DB Maria Auditore.png|Maria's database image
AC2 DB Maria Auditore.png|Maria's database image
Friend 2 v.png|Maria talking with Ezio
Friend 2 v.png|Maria talking with Ezio
AC2-MariaAuditore-praying.png|Maria praying in her room
AC2-MariaAuditore-praying.png|Maria praying in her room
Maria and Claudia in ACB.jpg|Maria and Claudia seeing Ezio off
AC2-featherbox.png|Maria's box of feathers at the Villa Auditore
AC2-featherbox.png|Maria's box of feathers at the Villa Auditore
AC2 Maria Auditore's Room.png|Maria's room at the Villa Auditore
AC2 Maria Auditore's Room.png|Maria's room at the Villa Auditore
Maria and Claudia in ACB.jpg|Maria and Claudia seeing Ezio off
PTrail 3.png|Maria pleased to see her children reconcile
</gallery>
</gallery>


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"Go, my son, destroy them... but remember for whom we Assassins fight."
―Maria to Ezio, 1500.[src]-[m]

Maria Auditore da Firenze (née de' Mozzi; 1432 – 1504) was a Florentine noblewoman during the Renaissance and, alongside her husband Giovanni, a member of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins. She was also the mother of four children, one of whom–Ezio–would eventually become Mentor of the Italian Brotherhood.

Born into the noble Mozzi family, Maria liked to blend with "real citizens" when she was younger, which led to her meeting Giovanni Auditore, the man who would later become her husband. As a member of the Auditore family, Maria continued to fraternize with the lower classes, developing a working relationship with the artist Leonardo da Vinci.

Maria was traumatized by the execution of her husband and two of their children, Federico and Petruccio, in 1476, after which she slipped into a state of shock and refused to communicate until Ezio helped her recover years later. She would thereafter continue to support her son, as well as her daughter Claudia after she too joined the Brotherhood, until her eventual death from an illness in 1504.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Born to the powerful and opulent Mozzi family of Florence, Maria's parents strongly protected her from the outside world. Resenting this control, the young Maria chose to actively fraternize with the lower classes in the city.[1]

Reluctantly, her parents eventually compromised with their daughter and allowed her to open up a bakery inside the family palazzo where, a week later, she met Giovanni Auditore. Wooed by Giovanni, the two developed a close relationship and eventually married in 1450.[1]

Life as an Auditore[edit | edit source]

Now married, Maria went to live with Giovanni. Over time, Maria gave birth to four children: Federico, Ezio, Claudia, and Petruccio Auditore.[2] During the early years of their marriage, Giovanni was inducted into the Assassin Order and required Maria to help him keep the secret from their children. Sometime thereafter, Maria herself was inducted into the Order.[3][4]

Maria walking with Ezio and Leonardo

By 1476, Maria had taken to supporting various local artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci, whom she introduced to her son Ezio when she requested the latter's help carrying some of Leonardo's works from his workshop to their home.[5]

However, later that day, Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio were arrested by the Florentine government on false charges of treason. When Maria protested, she was assaulted by the city guards and slipped into a state of shock as a result.[6] The three were ultimately tried and hanged, despite Ezio's attempt to prevent their deaths.[7]

Maria, who had not spoken since the arrest, was brought to her fellow Assassin, Paola, alongside Claudia, by their family's servant and Paola's sister, Annetta.[8] She remained there for a while until Ezio returned to take them to the home of Maria's brother-in-law, Mario Auditore, in Monteriggioni.[9]

While there, Maria remained silently sitting in prayer beside her bed for several years,[10] not speaking until Ezio brought her a hundred feathers in the memory of Petruccio. Thanking Ezio for not forgetting about her, Maria hugged him and presented him with a cape bearing the Auditore coat of arms.[11] Afterward, Maria's temperament began to improve.[12]

Later life in Rome[edit | edit source]

Maria, Claudia and Ezio during the Borgia siege

In January 1500, after Ezio returned from his confrontation with the murderer of their family—Rodrigo Borgia—in Rome, Monteriggioni was besieged by the Papal forces under the command of Rodrigo's son, Cesare Borgia.[13] Maria fled to the sanctuary beneath the Villa, where she waited for Claudia and Ezio to join her. It was here that she learned of the execution of her brother-in-law Mario by yet another Borgia.[4]

From there, the three fled the town via a secret passageway built into the mound upon which the town rested. Ezio then instructed Maria and Claudia to return to Florence, where they would be safe, while Ezio would head to Rome to take down the entire Borgia family. As Ezio began to ride off, Maria encouraged him to wipe out the Borgia.[4]

Returning to Florence, Maria and her daughter found the Palazzo Auditore burned to the ground. With nowhere else to go, the two decided to follow Ezio to Rome, where they felt that they would be better suited to do something to aid him.[12]

Traveling to the Assassins' hideout on Tiber Island, Maria and Claudia met with the Order's acting-leader, Niccolò Machiavelli, who told them to look for Ezio at the Rosa in Fiore. When they arrived, Ezio was not there, so they spoke to the resident courtesans as they waited for him. Shortly thereafter, Ezio returned with news that the brothel's owner, Madonna Solari, had been killed by the Cento Occhi gang.[14]

Maria with Claudia and Ezio at the Rosa in Fiore

Maria's son was both shocked and angry to discover his family in Rome. His mood only worsened when, reminded by the courtesans that they could not continue without a Madame, Claudia volunteered for the task, much to Ezio's displeasure. With a role set for them, Maria helped Claudia in controlling and managing the brothel, instructing her son to aid the girls wherever he could.[14]

When the Rosa in Fiore was attacked by Borgia soldiers, Maria helped to defend the brothel and was guarded by several courtesans. Later, she expressed her relief that Claudia and Ezio had finally reconciled.[15]

By this time, Maria's health had slowly begun to decline, mainly due to a long-term illness she had been suffering from. She later began to talk of Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio again, before succumbing to her illness and passing away in 1504, which left both Ezio and Claudia devastated.[16]

Legacy[edit | edit source]

"It is as if he plucked her from heaven, and gave her new life. Grazie (Thank you), Leonardo. I shall treasure this until my last day."
―Ezio, upon finding the painting depicting Maria, 1509.[src]-[m]

A few years after Maria's death, Claudia commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to make a painting of herself, Ezio, and Maria, as a memento of their late mother. In 1509, she hid this painting within a music box in the attic of the Villa Auditore, where it would eventually be found by Ezio.[17]

Thanks to the multi-volume diaries Maria kept from her youth[1] until the execution of her husband and sons in 1476,[18] she became an important source for historians, detailing her life, her patronage of several up-and-coming artists and her trials as a mother. By modern times, her diaries had been translated and put on display at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.[1]

Personality and traits[edit | edit source]

"She's in shock. They... When she resisted..."
―Annetta speaking to Ezio about how Maria tried to stop the guards from arresting Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio, 1476.[src]-[m]

Maria had a loving and caring personality, which was shown when she prayed over Petruccio's feathers at Monteriggioni. She was also displayed as a rebellious figure, as in her early life, she was protected from the outside world, to which she grew tired of and possibly confronted her parents regarding the matter.[2]

This too was shown when she tried to stop the guards from arresting Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio before being presumably raped. With this in mind, it could be said that she held a fierce love for her family, as her retaliation against the guards proved how willing she was to protect them.[2]

She was also presented as someone willing to help her husband Giovanni keep secrets from their children about their Assassin heritage, to safeguard them from the potential dangers that came with it. As well as this, she also kept Giovanni informed about what happened in the family while Giovanni was on his missions, as displayed when Maria told him that their son Ezio was becoming suspicious of why he went out at night.[3]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

Maria Auditore is a character in Assassin's Creed II and the film Assassin's Creed: Lineage. She is voiced in-game by actor Ellen David, and portrayed in the film by Claudia Ferri.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Maria seemed to be a skilled surgeon, as she was seen stitching up Giovanni's near-fatal wound in Assassin's Creed: Lineage.
  • Maria only spoke three times throughout Assassin's Creed II: once during Ezio's birth; in the memory "Friend of the Family"; and when given the 100 feathers.
  • Maria could be seen praying for around 12 to 23 years since all of the locations that had feathers were not available until Sequence 11 of Assassin's Creed II, which took place in 1488.
  • According to Assassin's Creed: Renaissance, Maria and Claudia lived in a convent after the execution of the Auditore until the late 1480s, when they moved to Monteriggioni.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Concept art of Maria
    Concept art of Maria
  • Maria's database image
    Maria's database image
  • Maria talking with Ezio
    Maria talking with Ezio
  • Maria praying in her room
    Maria praying in her room
  • Maria's box of feathers at the Villa Auditore
    Maria's box of feathers at the Villa Auditore
  • Maria's room at the Villa Auditore
    Maria's room at the Villa Auditore
  • Maria and Claudia seeing Ezio off
    Maria and Claudia seeing Ezio off
  • Maria pleased to see her children reconcile
    Maria pleased to see her children reconcile

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Assassin's Creed II – Database: Maria Auditore
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Assassin's Creed II
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Lineage
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Emergency Exit
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Friend of the Family
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Jailbird
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Last Man Standing
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Fitting In
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Roadside Assistance
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Practice Makes Perfect
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Floating conversations
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Vilified
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – High-Stakes Negotiation
  15. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Paper Trail
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel – [citation needed]
  17. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR – Return to Monteriggioni
  18. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Database: Maria Auditore (Brotherhood)

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