Cassone della Torre
Cassono della Torre, also called Mosca (died 20 August 1318) was an Italian medieval clergyman and feudal lord. A member of the Torriani family, he was patriarch of Aquileia in 1315-1318.
Biography
Corrado was the son of Corrado della Torre and grandson of Napo della Torre. When, in the course of their struggle against the house of Visconti for the lordship of Milan, the della Torre were able to return there in 1302, Cassono was appointed canon of the Cathedral of Milan.
In 1308 he succeeded Francesco da Parma as archbishop of Milan, although this spurred a conflict with his cousin Guido, who was afraid that Cassono could ally with the Visconti against him. On 1 January 1309 Guido's troops attacked the archbishop's palace in Milan, having Cassono and his followers arrested and brought to the Rocca di Angera. Guido was later forced to free Cassono, but anyway he exiled him from Milan.
On 31 December 1316 Cassono was appointed as secular patriarch of Aquileia. However, he never reached Friuli since he died in a fall from horse at Florence. Here he was buried, in the church of Santa Florence; his funerary monument is attributed to Tino da Camaino or Agostino da Siena.