Person
Name: Bocca degli Abati
Nature: historical
Political Affiliation: Guelf
Gender: male
Death Date: 1260
Description: Florentine nobleman reputed to have betrayed his own party at the Battle of Montaperti (1260) by cutting off the hand of the standard-bearer, an action which occasioned disarray within the Guelf ranks. The Abati were a Ghibelline family, but at Montaperti Bocca was ostensibly participating as a Guelf, hence Dante condemns him as a traitor to the Guelf party.
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Images:
Botticelli, Sandro
Doré, Gustave
Vellutello, Alessandro (commissioner)
Workshop of Pacino da Bonaguida
