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|locations = [[Villa Auditore]], [[Palazzo Auditore]] | |locations = [[Villa Auditore]], [[Palazzo Auditore]] | ||
|related = [[Assassins]] | |related = [[Assassins]] | ||
|religion = Roman Catholic | |religion = Roman Catholic | ||
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|formed = Circa 1320 C.E. | |formed = Circa 1320 C.E. | ||
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|notable = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<br>[[Mario Auditore]]<br>[[Maria Auditore da Firenze]]<br>[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]}} | |notable = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<br>[[Mario Auditore]]<br>[[Maria Auditore da Firenze]]<br>[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]}} | ||
{{Quote|We are the Auditore da Firenze. We are [[Assassins]].|[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]|Assassin's Creed: Lineage}} | |||
The '''House of Auditore''' was a noble family of the [[Italy|Italian]] city [[Florence]]. Its prominence in history was relatively short, lasting approximately one hundred to two hundred years. | The '''House of Auditore''' was a noble family of the [[Italy|Italian]] city [[Florence]]. Its prominence in history was relatively short, lasting approximately one hundred to two hundred years. | ||
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==Members== | ==Members== | ||
[[File:Auditore family crest by terraxbb4ever.png|200px|right|Familia Auditore]] | |||
*[[Domenico Auditore]]<ref name="ac2"/> | |||
*[[Ilario Auditore]]<ref name="ac2"/> | |||
*[[Mario Auditore]]<ref name="ac2"/> | |||
*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="ac2"/> | |||
*[[Maria Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="ac2"/> | |||
*[[Federico Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="ac2"/> | |||
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="ac2"/> | |||
*[[Claudia Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="ac2"/> | |||
*[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="ac2"/> | |||
*[[Marcello Auditore]]<ref name="revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | |||
*[[Flavia Auditore]]<ref name="revelations"/> | |||
*[[Sofia Sartor]]<ref name="revelations"/> | |||
===Family tree=== | |||
[[Domenico Auditore]] | [[Domenico Auditore]] | ||
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[[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] | [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*"Auditore" is an Italian word meaning "auditor". An auditor is a person who maintains financial accounts of a business, which is likely a reference to the family's work in banking. | *"Auditore" is an Italian word meaning "auditor". An auditor is a person who maintains financial accounts of a business, which is likely a reference to the family's work in banking. | ||
*The | *The Auditores identified themselves as Roman Catholic, but certain members of the family were also [[Wikipedia:Atheism|atheist]]. Mario states that he was "never much of a believer" during his mention of the villa chapel to Ezio, whilst Maria can be seen praying in her room.<ref name="ac2"/> | ||
*As soon as Ezio is born, his father tells him that he is an Auditore and he is a fighter, hinting at the family's Assassin background. | *As soon as Ezio is born, his father tells him that he is an Auditore and he is a fighter, hinting at the family's Assassin background. | ||
*If the [[Palazzo Auditore]] is visited during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] [[Assassin's Creed II downloadable content|DLC]] pack, Ezio can see his family as a loving [[Easter Eggs|memory]].<ref name="ac2"/> | *If the [[Palazzo Auditore]] is visited during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] [[Assassin's Creed II downloadable content|DLC]] pack, Ezio can see his family as a loving [[Easter Eggs|memory]].<ref name="ac2"/> | ||
Revision as of 13:42, 10 April 2012
- "We are the Auditore da Firenze. We are Assassins."
- ―Giovanni Auditore da Firenze[src]
The House of Auditore was a noble family of the Italian city Florence. Its prominence in history was relatively short, lasting approximately one hundred to two hundred years.
History
During the late 13th century, the family that would become known as the Auditores' lived in the outskirts of Venice. Either around or after 1296, Domenico Auditore was inducted into the Assassin Order, under the tutelage of Dante Alighieri.[1]
After Dante's death, Domenico was tasked with the duty of hiding an important text in Spain, but was ambushed at sea by Templar pirates. With only his son remaining, he used the bank account given by Marco Polo to impersonate a nobleman in Florence. There, he took vocal lessons, studied architecture and the classics and adopted the Auditore name. The family continued to pose as a noble house to conceal their true Assassin identities[1]
He then constructed a villa in the town of Monteriggioni, hunted the Templars, and trained his son in how to fight them and collect the Codex pages. Before his death, he left the origins of the family engraved on stone plates in the family crypt hidden beneath Monteriggioni.[1]
Florence
Over the years, the family gained in prominence, even becoming a close ally of the Medici dynasty, the rulers of Florence. However in 1476, approximately 170 years after its creation, the Auditore family collapsed, victims of a conspiracy led by Rodrigo Borgia, Grand Master of the Templar Order, Uberto Alberti, a close friend of Giovanni Auditore before he betrayed the Auditore family to the Templars and the Pazzi family, enemies of the Auditore and secretly Templars. They were considered as traitors of the Republic and excluded from the nobility.[1]
Monteriggioni
Most of the male members of the family in Florence were executed, leaving only Claudia, Maria and Ezio. After the execution, they took refuge in Monteriggioni under the protection of their uncle and ruler of Monteriggioni, Mario Auditore, a condottiero with an army of mercenaries at his disposal to fight against the Templars in the region.[1]
As Giovanni's only remaining son, Ezio took on his work and sought vengeance against those responsible for the death of his father and brothers. He contributed in restoring the villa and the city of Monteriggioni as well as adopting the rule of Monteriggioni from his uncle.[1]
Later history
It is unknown how many individuals bore the name of Auditore after the events of the Renaissance period, as most of the information about the Auditore family was erased from history by the Templar conspiracy and the name itself was most likely lost over the centuries. The Auditore lineage extended to two known descendants of Ezio Auditore in the 21st century; Desmond Miles and Clay Kaczmarek.[1]
Members
- Domenico Auditore[1]
- Ilario Auditore[1]
- Mario Auditore[1]
- Giovanni Auditore da Firenze[1]
- Maria Auditore da Firenze[1]
- Federico Auditore da Firenze[1]
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze[1]
- Claudia Auditore da Firenze[1]
- Petruccio Auditore da Firenze[1]
- Marcello Auditore[2]
- Flavia Auditore[2]
- Sofia Sartor[2]
Family tree
Domenico Auditore | | Ilario | | ? | |-------|-------------------------------| | | Giovanni = Maria de' Mozzi Mario | | |---------------|-------|----------------|--------------| | | | | | | Federico = Ezio = Sofia Sartor Claudia = ? Petruccio ? | | | | |----------------| | | | | | several Flavia Marcello ? illegitimate | children | | | | | / / / / | | | | Clay William Kaczmarek Miles | | Desmond
Trivia
- "Auditore" is an Italian word meaning "auditor". An auditor is a person who maintains financial accounts of a business, which is likely a reference to the family's work in banking.
- The Auditores identified themselves as Roman Catholic, but certain members of the family were also atheist. Mario states that he was "never much of a believer" during his mention of the villa chapel to Ezio, whilst Maria can be seen praying in her room.[1]
- As soon as Ezio is born, his father tells him that he is an Auditore and he is a fighter, hinting at the family's Assassin background.
- If the Palazzo Auditore is visited during the Bonfire of the Vanities DLC pack, Ezio can see his family as a loving memory.[1]