Valori family
The Valori family belonged to Florence during a period of the Italian Renaissance, they were prominent in Florentine politics for five generations. Chapel at San Procolo. The family had a chapel in San Procolo, containing "Crucifixion" by the artist Filippino Lippi. The high altar there was painted by Giotto. Bartolemeo di Filippo. Was born on the 31st of August 1436, Filippo was on friendly terms with Lorenzo di Medici, and funded Ficino's translation of Plato after the Pazzi conspiracy of 1478. A correspondence written prior to June the 2nd 1484, shows Ficino reports Filippo is having the  corpus of Plato published at his own expense. He was a student of Traversari. A principal member of the Council of Florence. Francesco. He was married to a lady of the Canigiani family. He was the leader of Florence in 1497, and endured an unsuccessful plot to return Piero de' Medici to power. Francesco was murdered close to the San Procolo chapel, sometime during April 1498, by Vincenzio Ridolfi. Niccolò. Was born sometime during 1464 and died during 1526. He wrote a history of Lorenzo de' Medici, father to Pope Leo X. He was a nephew to Francesco. External links . Shepheard Walwyn Publishers Ltd, 1 Aug 2010 - All Things Natural: Ficino on Plato's Timaeus By Marsilio Ficino excerpt from The diary of Bartolemeo Bibliotecha, Firenze shown in "The Society of Renaissance Florence: A Documentary Study" - edited by GA. Brucker