Flavio piccolomini biography definition

A Sienese noble family, of Roman origin according to tradition and legend. Documentary evidence of its residence in siena goes back to , when a Martino Piccolomini is mentioned. The family early engaged in commerce.

By the 13th century it had several banks in Italy, France, and England, and eventually invested its wealth in land. Traditionally Guelf, the Piccolomini family played a significant role in Sienese political life. In they were granted the title of counts palatine by Emperor Frederick III.

Besides pius ii, his nephew, pius iii, and Cardinal Jacopo ammanati de' piccolomini, who had been adopted by Pius II, the family furnished many bishops of Siena and Pienza, and several cardinals. Other outstanding members of the family include the following.

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Ambrogio, d. , was one of the founders, and second superior, of the Olivetan benedictines.

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