Lorenzo+De+Medici

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Lorenzo De Medici- January 1, 1449 – April 9, 1492 was an [|Italian] statesman and ruler of the [|Florentine Republic] during the [|Italian Renaissance]. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace he helped maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death. Lorenzo de' Medici is buried in the [|Medici Chapel] in [|Florence].