Pius III., Pope (Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini), received into the Monte del Popolo, 73; mediates between the People and the Noveschi, 75; his pacific influence, 77; accepts the new regime of the Noveschi, 78; presides at a solemn reconciliation in the Duomo, 78, 79; his short papacy, 90; referred to as Cardinal, 129, 130; statue of in the Duomo, 162; Archbishop, 168; orders the altar of the Piccolomini and his own tomb, 168; his character, 168; his elevation to the papacy, attempt to reform the Church and untimely death, 169; builds the library of the Duomo, 170; fresco representing his coronation, 170, 171; his contract with Pinturicchio, 171, 175; a Tavoletta di Gabella concerning him, 271. Placidi, family of the, Noveschi, 216. Placidi, Aldello, 213. ---- Neri, 76, 83. Poccetti, Bernardo, painter (1542-1612), 124, 343, 356. Pochintesta da Bagnacavallo, condottiere, 90, 94, 97. Podestà, institution of the office in Siena, 5, 6, 9, 10; institution of the office in San Gimignano, 326, 327; method of his election in latter town, 332, 333. Poggibonsi, destruction of the Castello of, 331. Poggio Imperiale, battle of, 74, 138. Pomarelli, architect, 177. Ponsi, Girolamo di Domenico, architect, 188. Pollaiuolo, Pietro, painter (1443-1496), his altarpiece at San Gimignano, 350. Popolani (in the special sense of members of the Monte del Popolo), 67, 73, 75, 78, 79, and _passim_. Popolo, Monte del, institution of, 67; supports the Milanese suzerainty, 68; has a third of the Signoria, 69; the Todeschini received into, 73; supports the Duke of Calabria, 74; gets control of the State, 75, 76; ousted by the Noveschi, 78; has still nominally a third part of the government, 79; annulled with the other Monti, 210; restored, 211. Possa, El (Domenico di Michele), 138. Provenzano Salvani. See Salvani. ---- Madonna di, 283, 284. Provveditori. See Biccherna. _Pugna_, _Giuoco delle_. See _Giuoco_. Q. Quercia, Giacomo della, sculptor (1371 or 1374-1438), his life and work, 100, 101; his Fonte Gaia, 127; sculptures of his school, 143, 161; remains of his reliefs from the Fonte Gaia, 176; his work on the Font of the Baptistery, 181, 182. ---- Priamo della, painter (brother of Giacomo), his fresco in the Spedale, 186. R. Raimondo, Beato. See Vigne. Ramo di Paganello, sculptor (working during the last twenty years of the Trecento), 99; his St Francis, 284. Raphael, 171, 174, 175. Riformatori, origin of the Monte de', 32, 33; their rule, 40; their downfall, 41, 42; instance of their oppressive administration, 48; partially readmitted to the government, 69, 70; their Monte suppressed, 74; struggle with the Noveschi, 75, 76; are distributed among the three Monti, 79; rise against the Noveschi, 82; their Monte is restored, 216. Rinaldini, family of the, 48, 289.