| Pius IX was the fourth son of Girolamo Mastai-Ferretti, gonfalonier of Senigallia, and the countess Caterina Solazzi. |
| It is borne at the head of all university processions by a senior faculty member known as the gonfalonier. |
| To be selected to be a gonfalonier is considered an honor, as their academic department chooses the person elected to carry it. |
| Salvestro de' Medici was gonfalonier of Justice at the time when the tumult first broke out. |
| Francesco Valori, the firmest supporter of Savonarola, who had often held office as gonfalonier, was slain among others. |
| From 1502 to 1512 he was the right-hand man of the gonfalonier of Florence, Soderini. |
