Battista de Rapallo was a Genoese notary and citizen whose public career is documented from the 1440s through the 1470s. In 1443 he served as captain of a galley with 204 men, showing his early involvement in Genoa’s naval administration. He appears in the fasti in 1444, and was later named in connection with Antonio de Luco in 1450 and again in 1457. In 1451 he again held command of a galley, confirming his repeated role in maritime service. He was also “nominated” in 1460, though the brief notice does not specify the office or context. By the 1470s Battista had entered the highest levels of civic government, serving as an anziano of Genoa in 1471, 1473, and 1477. His political responsibilities also included diplomacy: he was sent as ambassador to Milan in 1471, 1474, and 1477. In 1475 he once more commanded a galley, combining naval leadership with civic and diplomatic service. Overall, Battista de Rapallo’s career reflects the close connection between notarial status, naval command, urban magistracy, and diplomatic representation in fifteenth-century Genoa.
Baptista de Rapalo filio Ieronimi... civi... Ianue
Baptista de Rapallo notario quondam Ieronimi... civ[e] Ianue
notaio Battista di Rapallo del fu Geronimo... civ[is] Ianue
Tommaso Duracino, filza 1, series II, nr. 178
Tommaso Duracino, filza 1, series I, nr. 40
Tommaso Duracino, filza 24, series I, nr. 368