Arms: Blue to the gold band accompanied by two stars of
the same.
The shield is topped with a gold trefoil cross and surmounted by a
bishop's hat with cords and side bows.
The scroll below says: DANIEL SCOTVS CON / CORD · EP · CAM · AP · THES /
GVB · 1433 · (Daniele Scotti Bishop of Concordia. Treasurer of the
Apostolic Chamber. Governor. 1433).
The Scotti of Treviso had the same Arms as the Scotti of Piacenza which
was "blue in the silver band accompanied by two gold stars". So the
colours of the coat of arms depicted on the wall are wrong.
The Scotti to which ours belongs, came from Feltre; they settled in
Treviso at the beginning of the 15th century. with a Gorgia, for which
the family was also called the Gorgias. It was through the exercise of
the market that the Scottis got rich and it is from a diaper they
produced, called Scotto, that the name of the family derives.
The Scottis took an active part in the political life of Treviso and in
1437 were ennobled, taking on the same Arms of the great Scotti family
of Piacenza.
Daniele Scotti was born in Treviso, grandson on the mother's side of
Eugenio IV. The latter first appointed him Bishop of Parenzo, then also
granted him the important position of Treasurer of the Apostolic
Chamber. In 1433 he was transferred to the Bishopric of Concordia and
two years later sent to Bologna as Governor, with the task of restoring
order to the city torn by internal strife.
The repression was carried out with extreme severity and by all means.
He made himself sadly famous for having ordered the killing of Antonio
Bentivoglio and Tommaso Zambeccari in 1436 after luring them, with
deception, to his palace.
From 1436 to 1438 the pope, Eugene IV, resided in Bologna, keeping the
discontent of the Bolognese people in check and managing internal
tensions thanks to his office.
In 1438, however, Eugenio left the city and again gave Daniele Scotti
the position of Governorate in a city ready to explode. In fact, violent
popular uprisings, supported by the Sforza Troops under the command of
Niccolò Piccinino, forced him to flee from Bologna and take refuge in
Ferrara.
He died in 1443 in Padua and was buried in S. Maria in Vangio. |
