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- The attack took place on the morning of Sunday, 26 April 1478, during High Mass at the Duomo of Florence. Unusually, Lorenzo and Giuliano were both present, and were attacked at the same time. Lorenzo was attacked by two of Jacopo Pazzi's men, but managed to escape to the sacristy, and thence to his home.
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The Pazzi conspiracy (Italian: Congiura dei Pazzi) was a failed plot by members of the Pazzi family and others to displace the Medici family as rulers of Renaissance Florence. On 26 April 1478 there was an attempt to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano. Lorenzo was wounded but survived; Giuliano was killed.
Mar 6, 2004 · On April 26, 1478, Lorenzo de' Medici (who escaped) and his brother Giuliano (who died) were repeatedly attacked with knives by a gang of men who invaded the Duomo cathedral in Florence during...
Apr 21, 2021 · The puppeteer of the operation was Pope Sixtus IV Della Rovere, who wanted to oust the Medici to make his nephew Girolamo Riario lord of Florence. The pontiff found as allies the nearby rival states of Florence: the Republic of Siena, the Kingdom of Naples, the Duchies of Ferrara and Montefeltro.
The conspiracy took place in the choir of the Cathedral of Florence, under Brunelleschi's dome, during the mass of April 26, 1478. Two assassins killed Giuliano de' Medici, and seriously injured his brother Lorenzo "the Magnificent ”.
An assassination attempt on the Medici brothers was made during mass at the Cathedral of Florence on April 26, 1478. Giuliano de’ Medici was killed by Francesco Pazzi, but Lorenzo was able to defend himself and escaped only slightly wounded. Meanwhile, other conspirators tried to gain control of the government.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
While Lorenzo looks on in horror, the two monks standing beside him, Antonio Maffei and Stefano da Bagnone, reach under their habits and draw daggers of their own. They try to stab Lorenzo in the back, but he turns around at the last minute and they manage only a glance to his neck.
The Congiura dei Pazzi, or Pazzi Conspiracy, is a bloody and dramatic moment in Florence’s history. The day when an attack on the Medici brothers left Giuliano de’ Medici dying on the floor of Florence’s Cathedral. Date: Easter morning, 26 April 1478 – Location: Florence’s Cathedral. But who were the participants in the Pazzi Conspiracy?
