Lorenzo the Magnificent

May 13, 2017
On May 13, 1497, Savonarola was excommunicated by Pope Alexander VI.

December 31, 2016
Lorenzo de’ Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was born on 1 January 1449 in Florence.

September 24, 2014
The classical scholar and poet Angelo Ambrogini, known as Poliziano, died on 24 September 1494 at the age of 40.

July 10, 2013
On view at the Museo delle Cappelle Medicee , Florence, an exhibition celebrating the first Medici pope, Leo X, on the 500th anniversary of his election.