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People in Michelangelo's Life


Source:   "I, Michelangelo, Sculptor", Irving Stone, Doubleday, New York, 1962, pp ii-iii.

Family Lodovico Buonarrod-Simoni, father Francesco Buonarroti-Simoni, uncle Cassandra, Francesco's wife Lionardo, brother Buonarroto, brother Giovansimone, brother Sigismondo (called Gismondo), brother Lionardo, nephew, son oŁ Buonarroto Francesca, niece, daughter of Buonarroto Michele Guicdardini, married to Francesca Cassandra Ridolfi, married to Lionardo


The Popes Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere) 1503-1513 Leo X (Giovanni de9 Medici) 1513-1521 Adrian VI (Adrian Florensz) 1522-1523 Clement VII (Giulio de" Medici) 1523-1534 Paul III (Alessandro Famese) 1534-1549 Julius III (Giovanni Maria de9 Ciocchi del Monte) i Marcellus II (Marcello Cervini) 1555 Paul IV (Gian Pietro Caraffa) 1555-1559 Pius IV (Giovanni Angelo de" Medici) 1559-1565


Emissaries and Agents of the Popes Cardinal Alidosi of Pavia Domenico Buoninsegni Chamberlain Pier Giovanni Aliotd Jacopo Salviad (relative of the Medici) Francesco Peri, Salviad clerk Figiovanni (Prior of San Lorenzo) Lorenzo Pucci Giovanni Spina Atalante, in charge of the fabric of St. Peter^ Girolamo Tiranno, emissary tor the Duke of Urbino


Apprentices and Assistants Piero d'Argiento and Pietro da Pistoia Francesco Urbino (his wife is Cornelia) Bastiano, Malenotd of San Gimignano, and Pier Luigi Gaeta Michele, Settignano stoneworker Meo di Chemend, Cecone, stoneworkers Lapo and Lodovico, stonecarver and bronzecaster Donato Benti, sculptor, supervisor of quarrying in Pietrasanta Stefano, miniaturist Cagione and Matteo di Cucherello, Carrarese marble suppliers


Artists and Friends Francesco Granacci, painter Sebastiano Luciani (called del Piombo'), painter Baccio d^Agniolo, architect and woodworker Giuliano da Sangallo, architect Ammannati, sculptor and architect Raffaello da Montelupo, sculptor Bugiardini, painter, former apprendce of Ghirlandaio Giorgio Vasari, painter and writer Tommaso de' Cavalieri, Roman noble Lionardo Sellaio (the saddlemaker) Donato Giannotti Giovanni da Ricasoli, Florentine noble Vittoria Colonna


Friends and sometime agents and business managers Baldassarre, Giovanni Balducci, bankers Giovan Francesco Fattucci, Chaplain oŁ Santa Maria del Fiore, and emissary ot Pope Clement Pier Francesco Borgherini, Florendne merchant Lorenzo, Filippo and Roberto Strozzi, Florentine merchants and bankers Luigi del Riccio, agent of the Strozzi in Rome Bonifazio Fazi, banker The Altoviti family, Florentine bankers living in Rome The Tornabuoni, Strozzi, Gaddi, Florentine bankers Bartolomeo Angiolini, business manager Messer Agniolo, Herald of the Signoria Messer Soderini, Gontaloniere of Florence Rataello da Gagliano, notary and relative of Michelangelo^s stepmother For transfer of funds, Silvestro da Montauto, the Quaratesi, Bartolomeo Bettini.


For the investment of his savings and real estate purchases, the Spedalingo, Director and business manager of the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence.