Case file · Sighting
Red cross over the Palazzo dei Priori
The chronicler Dino Compagni writes that on the evening of 1 November 1301, as Charles of Valois entered Florence, a large red cross appeared in the sky over the Palazzo dei Priori.
1301 CE · 43.77, 11.26 · status: account
The sceptical view
Compagni took it as an omen of the factional bloodshed that followed; a halo cross or sunset light pillar fits the description.