On that day, near Firenzuola, Italy, he led three soldiers in an attack on enemy positions which resulted in the capture of nineteen prisoners and the silencing of five machine gun nests.
Firenzuola left Rome after the death of Pope Clement VII, and after spending some time at Florence, settled at Prato as abbot of San Salvatore.
The Battle of Firenzuola was fought on 29 July 923 between the forces of Rudolph II of Burgundy and Adalbert I of Ivrea on one side and Berengar I of Italy on the other.
It is located on the Tuscan Apennine, 2 km far from Piancaldoli, 10 from Castel del Rio, 25 from Firenzuola, 57 from Bologna, 73 from Prato and 93 from Florence.