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Pietro Riario(1445 – 3 January 1474) was an Italiancardinaland Papal diplomat.
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Biography
editBorn inSavona,he was the son of Paolo Riario andPope Sixtus IVs' sister, Bianca Della Rovere. Sixtus nominated himbishop of Trevisoand cardinal in 1471, and, in 1473,archbishop of Florence.He was entrusted with Sixtus' foreign policy. To reinforce the alliance between Rome andMilan,he had his brotherGirolamomarried to the daughter ofGaleazzo Maria Sforza,Duke of Milan.
He was ahumanistknown for his patronage of literature and the arts, his huge feasts, luxurious behaviour and irreligious conduct.[1]He had a large palace begun inRome,near the church ofSanti Apostoli(it was completed by his cousinGiuliano della Rovere,pope as Julius II). In 1473 he had the square before his palazzo transformed with painted canvas and wooden construction into temporary but luxurious lodging forEleanor of Naplesthe daughter ofKing Ferrante of Naples,who was entertained in June, as she traveled through Rome on her way to marryDuke Ercole I d'Esteof Ferrara, with a Roman reception including an extravagant banquet with fortypiattithat included roast stags, herons, the requisite roast peacock, even a roast bear. The bread was gilded.[2][3]
In 1473 he travelled to northernItalyto oversee the cession ofImolafrom Milan to theRepublic of Florence.At his return to Rome, Riario died suddenly in his house at age 28.[4]It was suspected that he had been poisoned,[5]although an indigestion was also possible. He was buried inSanti Apostoliin a magnificentRenaissancetomb sculpted byMino da FiesoleandAndrea Bregno.His role as Sixtus' collaborator was inherited by his cousin Giuliano della Rovere.
Notes
edit- ^Burckhardt, Jacob (1878).The Civilization Of The Renaissance in Italy.University of Toronto - Robarts Library: Vienna Phaidon Press. p.57.Retrieved28 February2019.
- ^John Dickie,Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food,2008, p65f.
- ^of Aragon, Eleonora (22 March 1996)."Letter from Eleonora of Aragon".Renaissance Quarterly.49(1): 1–30.
- ^Joost-Gaugier, Christiane;Paoletti, John T.; Radke, Gary M. (2003-04-01)."Art in Renaissance Italy".The Sixteenth Century Journal.34(1): 163.doi:10.2307/20061319.ISSN0361-0160.JSTOR20061319.
- ^Burckhardt, Jacob(1878).The Civilisation of the Period of the Renaissance in Italy.Vol. 1. C.K. Paul & Company. p. 106.
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