Antonio Cocchi Donati

[1] In 1475 he became full professor of canon law, while the following year, in response to his subscription to Art of judges and notaries, he started the activity of Vicar of Francesco Salviati.

[1] After, in 1484, in 1488 and in 1489, he was in competition with the respected Filippo Decio, despite Cocchi enjoyed a reputation among the students and the governing bodies of the Office, among them Angelo Poliziano and the future pope Leo X, Giovanni de' Medici.

[1] Poliziano, who had the protection of the Magnifico, from 1480 he held the chair of Latin and Greek eloquence of the Office and he got a degree in canon law presented by Cocchi and Francesco Pepi, while Giovanni de' Medici, second child of Lorenzo, attended classes in 1489-1490.

[1] His prestigious work led him to be supported by many groups of students to serve as morning reading of canon law after that Felino Sendei left the Office, who was nominated in Rome as auditor of the Sacra Rota.

[1] About his family life the information we received concern the brother Niccolò (chamberlain of Arezzo during December 1470 and June 1471,[2] prior during September-October 1477, squeaker in 1480, of the sixteen gonfalonieri of Compagni in 1485 and 1490, of the twelve "buonomini" in 1489 and 1494, vicar of Firenzuola during August-February 1487 and, finally, gonfalonier of Justice in January-February 1492) and Giovanni (who beyond his public and administrative duties took care of studia humanitatis under the leadership of Marsilio Ficino).