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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Conti - Marchesi
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Ancient and very illustrious Sienese family, called Bichi or Vichi, following errors of handwritten tradition, related to the noblest bloodlines of that city and belonging to the class of the ancient Great Ones. The historically known progenitor is Mainardo, who was the father of Bobico or Bico. The latter was Biccherna's administrator in 1251 and prior in 1256, while his son Guccio was on the Council of Nine. Galgano, from Guccio, was, in 1271, among the members of the Council for the reform of the Statutes of the Wool Guild. The previous year he had contributed, with the considerable sum of 1626 florins, to the collection made in Siena to redeem the crown that Charles of Anjou had engaged in Florence. Guccio di Galgano was a writer of Biccherna and prior, and is among the reformers of the Siena firm; his brother Giovanni is the progenitor of the branch of ...
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