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An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence

On 9 April 1476 an anonymous accusation named Leonardo in a sodomy file before the Officers of the Night. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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On 9 April 1476 an anonymous accusation named Leonardo in a sodomy file before the Officers of the Night. The case was dismissed. It is a rights-risk instrument, not a proven act. Leonardo da Vinci's documented role is: He was named in a 1476 accusation. The office of the Night investigated; the case was dismissed. He did not write the tamburo.

Context

Jacopo Saltarelli is the named other party in the received file. Sharing the accusation with the Night office is required. The setting of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence is the public file around 1476-04-09. Driver protection-of-minority-rights is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence. Naming Leonardo da Vinci does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1476-04-09 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Worsening path from An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence on 1476-04-09. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    He was named in a 1476 accusation. The office of the Night investigated; the case was dismissed. He did not write the tamburo.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactAn anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence
    2. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 9 April 1476 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Leonardo, painters' company 1472Encyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Cambridge Dürer and Northern Renaissance studiesCambridge University Press · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Leonardo, 1476 accusation at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Cambridge studies neighbourhood on Florentine Night Officers at https://www.cambridge.org/core/ (opens in a new tab) (Cambridge University Press). Official carrier: Britannica — Leonardo, 1476 accusation (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Cambridge studies neighbourhood on Florentine Night Officers (https://www.cambridge.org/core/ (opens in a new tab); Cambridge University Press).

Established: a sourced public record of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence under 1476-04-09 for Leonardo da Vinci. Established: a sourced public record of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence under 1476-04-09.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Allegation stays allegation. Mixed effects of An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLeonardo da Vinci
  2. contributed toFactAn anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence
  3. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). An anonymous sodomy accusation against Leonardo is filed and later dismissed in Florence. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-sodomy-1476

https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-sodomy-1476

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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