Totto Machiavelli
Totto di Bernardo Machiavelli (* 1475 in Florence ; † before June 28, 1522 ibid) was the younger brother of the well-known Florentine state theorist and poet Niccolò Machiavelli .
Life
Totto Machiavelli was born in 1475 to Bernardo Machiavelli and Bartolomea Nelli. He was the youngest sibling after the sisters Primavera (* 1465) and Margherita (* 1468) and the brother Niccolò (* 1469).
In 1502/03 Totto was a trader in the Eastern Mediterranean. In the following years, however, he decided on a spiritual career and renounced his inheritance in favor of his older brother with a notarial certification on June 21, 1508. In January 1510 he received minor orders. When his brother Niccolò was arrested after the Boscoli conspiracy was uncovered in February 1513, Totto Machiavelli tried in vain to use contacts for his eventual release.
On July 5, 1515, after a resignation from Battista Machiavelli, he received the small church of Sant'Andrea in Percussina and thus covered the rule of property on the spiritual level. In January 1516 he received permission from Leo X to collect church benefices. On March 2, he received his full ordination and thus carried the title of dominus .
In later years, in the spring of 1520, Totto was accepted into the family of Cardinal Giovanni Salviati . Some time later, Totto fell seriously ill. His exact date of death is unknown, but has to be before June 28, 1522, since his church mortgages were reassigned on that day.
literature
- Vanna Arrighi: Machiavelli, Totto. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 67: Macchi – Malaspina. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2006, pp. 105-107.
Sources, individual references
- Gaeta, Franco: Niccolò Machiavelli. Lettere , Turin 1980 (various private letters)
- Olschki, Cesare: Bernardo Machiavelli. Libro di Ricordi , Florence 1954 (father's household book)
- ^ Evidenced by a letter from Roberto Pucci dated June 8, 1522, in which the incumbent gonfaloniere conveyed his regrets to the older brother
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Machiavelli, Totto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Machiavelli, Totto di Bernardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brother of Niccolò Machiavelli |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1475 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | before June 28, 1522 |
| Place of death | Florence |