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Sebastiano Ximenes
Sebastiano
Ximenes
was an
Italian banker
of
Portuguese
origin in
Florence
, and
noted
patron of the Arts
. He
bought
and later
renamed
the
Florentine
palace
,
Palazzo Ximenes de Sangallo
--
still a
tourist attraction
today
.
This particular Ximenes
line
died
out in
Italy
in
1816
, though the name survives in Florence.