Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti

On Easter morning, on his way home from the wedding, as Buondelmonte made his way across the Ponte Vecchio, near the site of a statue of the Roman god Mars, the young nobleman was slain by the Amidei and their allies.

The events were recalled in two encounters by Dante, one in Inferno, canto 28, lines 106-111 when he meets Mosca dei Lamberti in the eighth circle of Hell, where the creators of discord are punished.

E io li aggiunsi: «E morte di tua schiatta»; per ch’elli, accumulando duol con duolo,

sen gio come persona trista e matta.o Buondelmonte, quanto mal fuggisti le nozze süe per li altrui conforti!

Molti sarebber lieti, che son tristi, se Dio t’avesse conceduto ad Ema la prima volta ch’a città venisti.