House of Buzzaccarini

The House of Buzzaccarini^[1][2][3] is a Patavian^[4] family that had a notable role in the history of the Republic of Venice.^[5][6]

Buzzaccarini
Titles	Marquis

The family has early medieval origins^[7] framed in the 8th century AD.

In 1053 they were already documented in the city of Padua.^[8][9] In the XII-XIII they related to the Carraresi^[10][11] and the Ezzelini da Romano, exercising political power and contributing to the artistic and cultural development of the city starting from the Pre-Renaissance era. They were responsible for the commission of the cycle of frescoes in the Baptistery of the Padua Cathedral and the construction of the Church of the Santa Maria dei Servi. In the fifteenth century, they dressed in the dress of Malta and eventually obtained the titles of Marquis^[12] and Marquis of San Raffaele. In 1571 they fought until victory as jail commanders^[13] in Lepanto in aid of the Republic of Venice. At the end of the Republic of Venice,^[14] a branch purchased in the title of Venetian patrician.

Some notable members

• Pataro Buzzaccarini (1300 – 1361) was an Italian nobleman, politician and military man. He inherited the titles and command of the house as the firstborn upon the death of his father in 1351. He fought in the Battle of Lepanto as King Attila from Padua.^[15]

 

Detail of I miracoli di Cristo. Fina Buzzaccarini alongside her husband Francesco I da Carrara and Italian poet Francesco Petrarca.

• Fina Buzzaccarini (1328 – 1378) was an Italian noblewoman who married Francesco I da Carrara.^[16] Giusto de' Menabuoi portrayed her in the fresco I miracoli di Cristo s at the Baptistery of the Padua Duomo.

References

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10. "BUZZACARINI, Ludovico in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
11. "BUZZACARINI, Giovanni in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
12. "Buzzaccarini family-heraldry-genealogy-Coat of arms Buzzaccarini". Heraldrys Institute of Rome. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
13. "BUZZACARINI, Arcoano in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
14. "Storia di Venezia SdV". Storia di Venezia SDV. (in Italian). 2003. ISSN 1724-7446. OCLC 643749093.
15. Marx, Robert F. (1966). The Battle of Lepanto : 1571. Internet Archive. Cleveland : World Publishing.
16. "Fina Buzzaccarini; Spouses: Francesco I of Carrara, Family, Genealogy". www-personal.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-17.