Sebastiano Ximenes

Sebastiano Ximenes was an Italian banker of Portuguese origin in Florence, and noted patron of the Arts. He was born in Lisbon in 1585 to a wealthy banking family. In 1590 the family established a banking branch in Tuscany. Although of Portuguese origin Sebastiano was in 1615-16 a councilor of the Two Hundred, one of the higher-ranking governing bodies in Florence.

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.