Jacopo Saltarelli
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Jacopo d’Andrea Saltarelli (born 1459) was a model and male prostitute that Leonardo da Vinci was anonymously accused of committing sodomy with, an offence Leonardo was then jailed for, serving two months before the charges were dropped.
On April 8, 1476, an anonymous message was left with the Ufficiali di Notte, slipped by an unknown person into the suggestion box called a tamburo.
The denunciation read "Jacopo Saltarelli has been party to many wretched things, and consents to please those persons who request such wickedness of him.", accusing him of sodomy with dozens of men, of whom only four are named.
- Baccino, a tailor
- Lionardo di Ser Piero da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci), a twenty-four year old youth
- Bartolomeo di Pasquino, a goldsmith
- Lionardo, a member of the aristocratic Tornabuoni family
While Saltarelli is presumed to have been found guilty, the accused were found not guilty due to a lack of evidence.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Abbott, Elizabeth (2001), A History of Celibacy, Da Capo Press, p. 340, ISBN 0306810417.
