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to seize Naples for his nephew Francesco Moricotti Prignani.
The nephew Urban VI tried to use in Naples was Francesco Prignano, called Butillo—not Cardinal Francesco Moricotti Prignani.
Full reasoning
This sentence identifies the wrong Francesco.
Treccani's biographical entry on Francesco Prignano, called Butillo states both that:
- he was the son of Giovannello, brother of Bartolomeo Prignano (the future Urban VI), and therefore Urban VI's nephew; and
- he was the instrument of the pope's attempt to control the Kingdom of Naples, with Urban VI even perhaps hoping for his rise to the throne.
The same Treccani entry explicitly warns that Francesco Prignano should not be confused with Cardinal Francesco Moricotti, who was also a papal nephew. So the article's wording is not just imprecise: it names the wrong nephew in connection with Urban VI's Neapolitan policy.
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- PRIGNANO, Francesco, detto Butillo - Enciclopedia - Treccani
La notorietà di Francesco Prignano (che non va confuso... con il cardinale pisano Francesco Moricotti, anche lui nipote del papa)... Francesco Prignano fu, infatti, lo strumento del papa per garantirsi il controllo del Regno di Napoli e Urbano VI giunse forse ad auspicare per lui l'ascesa al trono.