Francesco Bernardino Visconti

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Francesco Bernardino Visconti was the son of Giovanni Battista Visconti and Paola Benzoni, belonging to an important family of Crema.{{sfn\|Dattero\|2020}} He had five siblings: Maddalena, Giulia, Ercole, Caterina, Galeazzo Maria (1575-1648). Bernardino's father was a descendant of the lord of Milan [[Bernabò Visconti]].{{sfn\|Dattero\|2020}} He was born in the castle of [[Brignano Gera d'Adda]], and spent his childhood in [[Crema, Lombardy\|Crema]] in the Palazzo Benzon. He studied at the College of Nobles of Milan, an educational institution primarily for the sons of Milanese nobility. Upon the death of his father in 1584, Bernardino settled with his brother Galeazzo Maria in the [[Palazzo di Prospero Visconti]].{{sfn\|Donini\|1937\|p=63}}		Francesco Bernardino Visconti was the son of Giovanni Battista Visconti and Paola Benzoni, belonging to an important family of Crema.{{sfn\|Dattero\|2020}} He had five siblings: Maddalena, Giulia, Ercole, Caterina, Galeazzo Maria (1575-1648). Bernardino's father was a descendant of the lord of Milan [[Bernabò Visconti]].{{sfn\|Dattero\|2020}} He was born in the castle of [[Brignano Gera d'Adda]], and spent his childhood in [[Crema, Lombardy\|Crema]] in the Palazzo Benzoni. He studied at the College of Nobles of Milan, an educational institution primarily for the sons of Milanese nobility. Upon the death of his father in 1584, Bernardino settled with his brother Galeazzo Maria in the [[Palazzo di Prospero Visconti]].{{sfn\|Donini\|1937\|p=63}}

	In 1593, the fourteen-year-old Bernardino, at the head of twenty-six armed men, broke into the home of a wealthy man in [[Bagnolo Cremasco]], devastating it. On December 22, the Council of Ten of Crema decreed his banishment from the city.{{sfn\|Gualtieri\|1928\|p=283}}		In 1593, the fourteen-year-old Bernardino, at the head of twenty-six armed men, broke into the home of a wealthy man in [[Bagnolo Cremasco]], devastating it. On December 22, the Council of Ten of Crema decreed his banishment from the city.{{sfn\|Gualtieri\|1928\|p=283}}