Leone Acciaiuoli

Leone Acciaiuoli (c. 1220–1300), born at Ortona, was a knight and politician of the Florentine Acciaioli family. He sat in the magistracy of the Quattordici Buonomini in 1280 and served as capitano del popolo at Pistoia in 1296.

Abruzzese tradition remembers him as the sea captain who, sailing for King Manfred, on 6 September 1258 brought the relics of Saint Thomas back to Ortona Cathedral. He died in Florence in 1300.