As prior and gonfalonier of justice he always had the public welfare at heart. |
To be selected to be a gonfalonier is considered an honor, as their academic department chooses the person elected to carry it. |
From 1502 to 1512 he was the right-hand man of the gonfalonier of Florence, Soderini. |
In conclusion, he averred that this course would unite and secure the republic, and crown the gonfalonier with glory. |
In 1512 the Florentine republic was overthrown and the gonfalonier deposed by a Spanish army that Julius II had enlisted into his Holy League. |
From thenceforward there were no magnates among them, but there was added thereto the gonfalonier of justice. |