![]() ![]() ![]() Fortunately for the young boy, Lorenzo was rescued by a member of the Auditore family, who had dived into the river and pulled him out, saving his life, much to his mother's gratitude. Some time in 1455, a six-year old Lorenzo de' Medici fell into the Arno, and because he could not swim, he believed that his life was over as he drifted deeper into the river. I soon found myself drifting down, and into darkness, certain my life was at an end." ―Lorenzo de' Medici recalling a childhood accident, 1478. "When I was six years old I fell into the Arno. ![]()
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