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Rinaldo Pazzi is a corrupt detective. He is a minor antagonist in the novel, Hannibal and its 2001 film adaptation as well as a supporting antagonist in Season 3 of the TV Show, Hannibal.

In the film adaptation, he was portrayed by Giancarlo Giannini, who also played Shaddam IV in the Dune miniseries. In the TV adaptation, he was portrayed by Rosalindo Cerlino.

History[]

Rinaldo Pazzi, the descendant of the Pazzi family, was once an esteemed detective. He was assigned to the "Il Mostro" case (a serial killer who murdered sixteen people). However, the man he arrested for those murders was proven to be innocent, which all but ruined his career. He remained in the same low-paying job for years afterward, which put a strain on his relationship to his beautiful but spoiled wife, Allegra.

In Hannibal, Pazzi discovers that Dr. Fell, the new curator of the Caponi Library, is actually Hannibal Lecter, an American serial killer who had escaped custody years before, and whose surviving victim Mason Verger had offered a three million dollars bounty for his capture. Pazzi agrees to capture Lecter and sell him to Verger, who intends to feed Lecter to wild boars.

Lecter is aware of Pazzi's plan, and after giving a lecture on Dante, Lecter overpowers the detective. Tying him to a trolly, with a noose around his neck, Lecter interrogates Pazzi, then disembowels him and throws him over the balcony, the same fate that befell Pazzi's ancestor Francesco de'Pazzi, who was executed centuries earlier for plotting against the Medici family.

In the TV show, Pazzi shares a similar backstory, though in this incarnation he is a high-ranking Inspector rather than a regular detective. Hannibal Lecter kills him after a performance of the opera Dolce.

Personality[]

At the beginning of his career, Pazzi was dedicated to law and order and worked hard to put criminals behind bars. Over time, however, he grew disillusioned and bitter, angered by his failure to rise up through the ranks because of the Il Mostro scandal. He agrees to help Verger and betray his oath because he feels entitled to money and prestige.

Trivia[]

  • Rinaldo Pazzi is one of the few of Hannibal Lecter's victims whom he does not cannibalize. Instead, he guts Pazzi alive and hangs him from a balcony.

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Hannibal LecterGarret Jacob Hobbs† • Francis Dolarhyde† • Paul Krendler† • Buffalo Bill† • Mason Verger† • Rinaldo Pazzi† • Cordell Doemling† • Vladis Grutas† • Grutas' Group† (Petras Kolnas† • Zigmas Milko† • Enrikas Dortlich† • Bronys Grentz† • Kazys Porvik†) • Paul Momund† • Dieter

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Hannibal Lecter/LecktorFrancis Dolarhyde† • Paul Krendler† • Buffalo Bill† • Mason Verger† • Rinaldo Pazzi† • Cordell Doemling† • Vladis Grutas† • Grutas' Group† (Petras Kolnas† • Zigmas Milko† • Enrikas Dortlich† • Bronys Grentz† • Kazys Porvik†) • Paul Momund† • Dieter

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