Some short while afterwards Florence was inundated by rain to such an extent that the vengeance of God was inferred, and, casting about for a reason, the Florentines decided that it was because Jacopo had been allowed to rest in sacred soil.

A mob therefore rushed to S.Croce, broke open his tomb and dragged his body through the streets, stopping on their way at the Pazzi palace to knock on the door with his skull.

He was then thrown into the swollen Arno and borne away by the tide.
In the old refectory of the convent are now a number of pictures and fragments of sculpture.

The "Last Supper," by Taddeo Gaddi, on the wall, is notable for depicting Judas, who had no shrift at the hands of the painters, without a halo.

Castagno and Ghirlandaio, as we shall see, under similar circumstances, placed him on the wrong side of the table.