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Published on: Ev

June 26, 1494

Leonardo’s mother, Caterina, dies in Vinci. Her husband, Accattabriga, with whom he had three daughters and a son, had died four years earlier. Leonardo, like a good notary’s son, records his mother’s death accurately, including funeral expenses, but he misstates the day of the week and her age (60, when she was 58), perhaps betrayed by emotion.