The Spini are the banking house that finances Pope Boniface VIII, on the side of the Blacks, in the Florenzen chronicle (Florence, 1300).
| Type | Faction (banking family) |
| Side | Neri (the Blacks) |
| Client | Boniface VIII |
| Member | Lucio Spini |
| Spanish entry | Spini |
Background
They are the family of Lucio, who in the chronicle spreads rumors disguised as different people. He even pretends not to limp, so that nobody recognizes al renguito (“the little limper”).
In Florence the merchant becomes an industrialist and then a banker, and banking is the engine of the city. The Spini, together with the Mozzi, also acted as bankers in England.