Cappelle Medicee
Detail #8

Inscription on one of the Chapel monuments:

H(IC) S(EPULTUS) E(ST)
COSMUS III MAGNUS DUX ETR(URIAE)
SEXTUS
O(BIIT) pRID(IE) KAL(ENDAS) NOV(EMBRES) A(NNO) MDCCXXIII
PRINCIPATUS SUI LIII
QUUM VEXISSET A(NNOS) LXXXI M(ENSES) II D(IES) XVII
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HERE IS BURIED
COSIMO III SIXTH GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY
PASSED AWAY ON THE EVE OF 1 NOVEMBER OF THE YEAR 1723
53 OF HIS RULE
WHEN HE HAD LIVED 81 YEARS 2 MONTHS 17 DAYS

Translation: M. Fidecaro