Giovanni Cossa

The so-called portrait of Giovanni Cossa, actually showing Jacopo Antonio Marcello - a miniature from the Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades, sent from Marcello to Cossa on 1 June 1453 as a diplomatic gift.

Cossa's tomb effigy in Église Sainte-Marthe in Tarascon, where he died.

Cossa's coat of arms

Grimaud Castle, owned by Cossa

Giovanni or Jean Cossa (probably 29 March 1400 - 30 October 1476) was lieutenant general of Provence, seneschal of Rene of Anjou and grand seneschal of Provence.

See also

• Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades

Bibliography

• (in French) Jean Favier (2008). Le roi René. Fayard. p. 742. ISBN 978-2-213-63480-7.
• Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 30: Cosattini–Crispolto (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 1984. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.