Angelo Acciaioli (1298 – October 4, 1357) was an

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from

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Angelo was born in Florence of the noble

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family, the son of Monte, the grandson of Tommaso Acciaiuoli, also known as Mannino Acciaiuoli. He entered the church and was bishop of Aquila from 1328 to 1342. From there he transferred back to Florence. He then became a Dominican friar, and was afterwards the

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from 1342 to 1355, the successor to

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. In 1355 he accepted the office of bishop of Monte Cassino in order to be closer to his new residence in

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, where he lived for fourteen years.. At the beginning of his episcopate he was at the head of a group of plotters against the tyrannical

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and dominated the city for a few years after his expulsion. He was head of the Balia Fourteen from July 1343. He was also a diplomat who was sent three times by the Florentine Republic as legate to the papal court at

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in 1344, 1348 and 1351. In 1345 he celebrated a diocesan synod, the oldest in Florence that has been documented. His successors in Florence were his brothers Francis Acciaiuoli, Martinaccio Acciaiuoli, Dardano, Alamanno, John,

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, and Lina. By 1383 the see of Florence had passed to yet another family member,

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Despite residing in Florence he remained in contact with the officials in the

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. In 1349 he was appointed Registrar and Chancellor of the kingdom by King Louis I and Queen Joan I. Also in 1349 under his leadership the ''Studio Fiorentino'' was initiated, the nucleus of the later

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. Angelo and his cousin

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were the founders of the ambitious

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. He died in

on October 4, 1357.

Sources

* Archbishop Curia, 1970: ''The Florentine Church''. Florence * Litta, Pompeo: ''Acciaioli di Firenze,'' in ''Famiglie Celebri Italiane'', 1830-45 * * Ugurgieri della Berardenga, Curzio, 1962: ''Gli Acciaioli di Firenze nella Luce de' Loro Tempi''. Leo Olschki * {{DEFAULTSORT:Acciaioli, Angelo Angelo Italian Dominicans Bishops of Florence 14th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 1298 births 1357 deaths