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Revision as of 11:39, 29 August 2011
Francesco Salviati Riario (1443 - 1479) was the Archbishop of Pisa, and one of the Pazzi co-conspirators.
Biography
Francesco was convinced that he would be the next Archbishop of Florence, and was enraged when Lorenzo de' Medici stood in his way. However, the Templars rose to support his cause.
It was Francesco who marched his troops into the city in order to support the hostile take over. After the failure of the conspiracy, he shed his fancy garments, and traded them for the simple clothes of a farmer. The farmer was hanged, and Francesco fled to his villa in Tuscany.
Despite his numerous guards, the villa was breached by the Assassin Ezio Auditore, and the mercenaries of Mario Auditore. Francesco was assassinated by Ezio soon afterwards.
Last Words
Ezio: Where is Jacopo?
Francesco: He knows you come for him... emerging only in darkness to meet with the others...
Ezio: That answers when... Now tell me where? La fede dovrebbe dare conforto, non pena. (Faith should bring comfort, not pain.) Requiescat in pace. (Rest in peace.)
Trivia
- In real life, Archbishop Salviati was the main instigator of the conspiracy, not the Pazzi family. He was supposed to kill the Gonfaloniere Petrucci and take hold of the Palazzo della Signoria. However, he was arrested by Petrucci, and hanged by a mob from the window of the Sala dei Duecento, next to Francesco de' Pazzi. He bit a large chunk of flesh out of Francesco's chest as he died, and afterwards, his body was cut down and desecrated.
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