Lucrezia Galletta (1520s - 1580), was an Italian courtesan and banker. GALLETTA, Lucrezia
di Monica Kurze Runtscheiner - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 51 (1998) Lucrezia Galletta was active as a celebrated courtesan in Rome. She was able to retire with a fortune in 1559, had herself erased from the list of courtesans and engaged in business as a banker. She was a substantial banker with international clients. She was the only female banker who, alongside several Cardinals and members of the noblefamilies of Rome, co-signed the "grand parti de Lyon" on 18 January 1560, in which the king of France was granted a large credit.

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