Writer, patron, businesswoman, mother of Lorenzo de’Medici, and, for several decades, mother to the city of Florence, Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427–1482) was a central figure in fifteenth-century Italy. Tornabuoni’s major literary efforts are her five extant translations/versifications of Biblical stories. Her distinctive voice, devotion, and attentiveness to her historical moment permeate much of her writing.