gonfalonier

gonfalonier
/gon'feuh leuh near"/, n.
1. the bearer of a gonfalon.
2. a chief magistrate or some other elected official in any of several medieval Italian republics.
[1580-90; < F < It gonfaloniere. See GONFALON, -IER2]

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▪ medieval Italian official
Italian  Gonfaloniere 

      (“standard bearer”), a title of high civic magistrates in the medieval Italian city-states.

      In Florence the gonfaloniers of the companies (gonfalonieri di compagnia) originated during the 1250s as commanders of the people's militia. In the 1280s a new office called the gonfalonier of justice (gonfaloniere di giustizia) was instituted to protect the interests of the people against the dominant magnate class. The holder of this office subsequently became the most prominent member of the Signoria (supreme executive council of Florence) and formal head of the civil administration. In other Italian cities, the role of the gonfaloniers was similar to that in Florence. Gonfaloniers headed the militia from the various city quarters, while the gonfalonier of justice often was the chief of the council of guild representatives.

      The kings of France traditionally bore the title gonfalonier of St. Denis. The honorary title of gonfalonier of the church (vexillifer ecclesiae) was conferred by the popes, from the 13th until the 17th century, on sovereigns and other distinguished persons.

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