Riario

In his desire to gain the measure of the man he was to murder, Montesecco would carry a letter to Lorenzo from Girolamo Riario, extending his hand in friendship and forgiveness as the lord of Imola.

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De Pazzi told her breathlessly that the young Cardinal Riario was asking for Giuliano and that there was still time for him to attend the Mass so as not to offend the family of the pope.

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There was much smirking when Girolamo Riario was mentioned.

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The youngest Riario came to Florence gladly, excited to be the center of such esteemed attention.

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Girolamo Riario sat in the chair closest to his uncle, slumped in his typically petulant posture, while the archbishop Salviati took the bench adjacent to Montesecco.

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Essentially, if Lorenzo gave this loan to Girolamo Riario, he was endangering surrounding territories, which were under the protection of Florence.

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It was rumored that Roberto was poisoned by Sixtus IV's nephew, Girolamo Riario, who desired to assume command of Rimini.

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On 26 April 1478, in a conspiracy often attributed to Cardinal Girolamo Riario and members of the Pazzi family, Lorenzo was wounded and Giuliano murdered in an attack on the two Medici brothers in the Florence cathedral during Mass.

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The expression on his face was one of absolute disgust, as if he wanted nothing more than to hurl the remainder of the pomegranate at Girolamo Riario.

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Unlike the other Riario boys, who had some charm and culture, although each was ostentatious and boastful, Girolamo was brash and uncouth, also given to corpulence in a way that showed a tremendous resemblance to his “uncle” the pope.

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