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noble family of Tuscany whose possessions were in the upper
Valdarno, between Florence and Arezzo; some appear to have been
Guelphs, some Ghibellines, but they subsequently attached
themselves to the Bianchi. They were an old feudal family,
perennially at odds with Florence, especially with the Guelphs
there. [See E. Regis, 'Una legge fiorentina inedita contra Rinier
de' Pazzi', Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze di
Torino, xlvii (1911-1912), 1092-1110.]
D. mentions three members of the family viz. Camicione and the
infamous Carlino
[Inf. xxxii. 68-69]
[Camicion de' Pazzi:
Carlino]; and the robber noble, Rinier Pazzo,
[Inf. xii. 137]
[Pazzo, Rinier].
The Pazzi of Valdarno are not to be confounded with the ancient
Florentine family of the same name, who are mentioned by Villani
({Villani. i. 60}) as one of the earliest houses of note in Florence
and who were Guelphs ({Villani. v. 39}) and afterwards sided with
the Neri ({Villani. viii. 39})
©Oxford University Press 1968. From A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Toynbee
(1968) by permission of Oxford University Press