Bandiera's di Scotti from the Battaglia di Lepanto 1571

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Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on October 3, 2023 at 20:51

In other photos of these flags. I think I saw, the Venetian winged lion on the reverse side of one.

Comment by William Douglas on October 3, 2023 at 12:00

Comment by William Douglas on October 3, 2023 at 10:30

Onofrio Scotti/Onorio Scotti, of the Sarmato branch, offers to move to the rescue of Famagusta, attacked by the troops of Sultan Selim, with 1000 infantry and 300 adventurers: he embarks at Candia; the fleet is lost in a storm so he cannot reach Cyprus. 

With the fall of the island into the power of the Turks, John of Austria reached Messina. 

He is with the fleet in Longo and rescues Tenedos twice. At his own expense he arms a fusta and a frigate which he uses for the war against his adversaries: at one time these ships seize 7 Ottoman vessels, loaded with merchandise and wheat, which are all taken to Candia.

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on October 2, 2023 at 8:02

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Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on October 2, 2023 at 7:40

He was buried in Piacenza in May 1585 in the family tomb near the church of San Giovanni in Canale.

The three flags used in the battle of Lepanto were left by the great-grandmother of Count Orazio Zanardi Landi: the family tree explains how after her the Scotti di Sarmato merged into the Zanardi Landi family. The standards are still preserved today in one of the three museums set up in the Rivalta castle, the one specifically dedicated to Lepanto. In addition to them, eleven banners are also preserved here, the only Christian ones in the world. The splendid natural setting, in which the castle is located, owned by the Landi family since the beginning of the 1300s, located at the entrance to the Trebbia Valley, facilitates this encounter with History, which made Europe great, safeguarding its Christian roots .

 

This text by Mauro Faverzani was taken from the magazine Radici Cristiane. 

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on October 2, 2023 at 7:29

Until now it was known that the Scotti family was present at the battle of Lepanto with their ships and their standards. But it was not known who, exactly, of the Scotti family had participated in that military intervention, decisive for the fate of the whole of Europe and among the most important in history. Now, thanks to research conducted in the family archives by Count Orazio Zanardi Landi, their descendant, the names have been identified. These are Honorius and Paolo Emilio Scotti, as reported in the volume by Andrea Morosini entitled History of the Venetian Republic written by public decree and conducted from the year MDXXI until MDCXV by senator Andrea Morosini.

Onorio Scotti, son of Ulderico, embarked with 600 soldiers on the ships, which were in Lepanto in 1571. The documents allow us to reconstruct his assignments. His mother, Contessina Nerli, niece of Pope Leo

Count Honorius served the Venetian Republic and held the position of governor of Treviso. He was field master in Greece and governor of Corfu and Albania. He held the position of general in the Levant and had the states of Candia. He was sent in March 1571 to the aid of Marcantonio Bragadin in Famagusta, attacked by the troops of Sultan Selim, with 1,000 infantry and 300 adventurers: he embarked in Candia, but the fleet was dispersed by a storm, so he and his men could not they were able to reach Cyprus. With the fall of the island into Turkish hands, he joined John of Austria in Messina. He found himself with the fleet at Longo and twice rescued Tenedos. At his own expense, he armed a cruiser and a frigate, which he assigned to the war at the expense of his adversaries: in one fell swoop these ships took possession of seven Ottoman vessels,

After the victory at Lepanto, he moved to Corfu with Pietro Avogadro and Battistino Moretto. He was sent by the Senate with 1,500 infantry to Albania as governor general; another 500 infantry were granted to his son Olderico. Upon signing the peace with the Turks, the Venetians placed him in charge of the government of Cattaro first and then of Budua. In recognition, his command was renewed by the Senate of Venice for 700 ducats per year and for a period of five years, as confirmed by the Book of Commemorative Registers of the Republic of Venice. He died in December 1602.

Paolo Emilio Scotti, count of Sarmato, was also probably present in Lepanto in the contingent of his cousin Honorius. Patrizio of Piacenza, son of Paolo Antonio and Emilia Rangoni, was brother of Carlo, who was in command of Alessandro Farnese's ship, which left Genoa and headed for Lepanto. Previously, in 1550, he was in France in the service of the Empire. He faced the imperials in the Parma war on behalf of Duke Ottavio Farnese. In Piedmont he served under the orders of the Duke of Alba and in Belgium he fought in the Flanders wars.

In Croatia he gathered infantry to fight the Turks in Cyprus. Sent to the government of Zara, of which he was governor, he was suddenly attacked by 1,200 opponents, but he did not lose heart: he counterattacked them with 150 infantry. The enemies did not continue the offensive, preferring to plunder the village. But his action allowed the artillery to go into action and the weapons to be distributed to the citizens. He set fire to some houses, so that the smoke forced the attackers to retreat.

Paolo Emilio Scotti, in Croatia, obtained command of the cavalry from Giulio Savorgnano upon the death of the superintendent Bernardo Malipipiero. He distinguished himself on two occasions. In the first he repelled many Ottoman horses near Zadar, which had previously surprised the Hungarian and Venetian cavalry in an ambush, forcing them to flee. In the second, he did not hesitate to throw himself among the Turks, to save the life of Count Brandolini, who found himself isolated among the enemies. In Lombardy he was appointed governor of Bergamo. He was treacherously killed at Bertucciola, while he was fording the Oglio. He was