---- Luzio, occupies Montereggioni for the Noveschi, 76; a leading spirit in the new regime, 80; routs the Riformatori and Popolani, 82; is deprived of the command of the mercenaries, 83; plots against the Noveschi and is banished, 83; his professed zeal for the liberty of his country, 85, 86; is murdered by Pandolfo, 85, 86, 92. ---- Petrino, 91. Benincasa, Caterina. See Catherine, St. ---- Giacomo, 43, 45. ---- Lapa, 43, 57, 66. ---- Lisa (Colombini), 47. Benvenuto di Giovanni, painter (1436-1518), 109, 119, 120; his designs for the pavement of the Duomo, 157, 158; other works by him, 188, 203. Benedetti, Giovanni Maria, Sienese patriot, 224. Benzi, family of the, 205. ---- Antonio, canon, 222 (note). Bernardino, San (Albizzeschi), his life and work, 71, 73; portraits of, by Vecchietta and Sano di Pietro, 110, 113; his sermons to the Sienese, 128, 129, 132; pictures of, 139, 143, 144, 167; his work for the plague-stricken, 188; oratory to his honour, 285; founds the Osservanza, 298; contemporary portrait of, 300; his cell, 300. Bernardino da Asti, Fra, preaches in the Piazza San Martino, 276. Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo, sculptor and architect (1598-1680), 154. _Biccherna, Camarlingo e quattro Provveditori di_, 6, 9, 21, 27, 269, 270. _Biccherna, Tavolette di_, 269-275. Bichi, family of the, leaders of the Noveschi, 80, 216. ---- Alessandro, adheres to Fabio Petrucci, 98; becomes the head of the Noveschi, 210; attempts to make himself tyrant of Siena, 211; is assassinated by the Libertini, 211; his palace, 289. ---- Antonio, Sienese commissary to Montepulciano, 81, 83. ---- Antonio Maria, banished, 212. ---- Margherita. See Buonsignori. Bigozzi, Niccolò dei, at Montaperti, 14. Bindino da Travale, quoted, 24. Boccaccio, Giovanni, 25, 131, 132, 324, 363, 364. Bonizzelli, Giovanni Andrea, put to death, 226. Bordone, Paris, Venetian painter, (cinquecento), 124. Borghesi, family, leaders of the Noveschi, 75, 80, 216. ---- Bernardino di Niccolò, 85, 86. ---- Camillo. See Paul V., Pope. ---- Giovanni, 253. ---- Niccolò, organises the return of the Noveschi from exile, 76; his character, 80; ambassador from Siena to Charles VIII. of France, 81; leads the Noveschi against the Popolani and Riformatori, 82; Luzio Bellanti plots against him, 83; his murder and death, 85; Leonardo Bellanti's letter about, 85, 86; scene of his murder, 253; inscription on the Porta Romana ascribed to him, 281. Borghesi, Pietro (the elder), 82. ---- Pietro (the younger), murdered, 216. Borgia, Alfonso. See Calixtus III., Pope. ---- Cesare, his designs, 86; crushes the conspiracy at Sinigaglia, 86, 87; his enterprise against Siena, 87-89; is recalled by the Pope, 89; wins the Palio, 131 (note); letter of in the Archivio di Stato, 268. ---- Roderigo. See Alexander VI., Pope. Botticelli, Sandro, painter, (1447-1510), 251, 354.