Dominic b. 1170 d. August 6, 1221 Roman Catholic Saint. Founder of the Dominican Order. Born Dominic de Guzmán. His mother was to become Blessed Joan of Aza. It was decided very early on that he should have a career in the Church. At the age of twenty-five he was ordained and took up his duties. He was chosen to accompany the Bishop who had been appointed by the King to negotiate a marriage for the King's son. On the way they passed through Languedoc, in southern France, where the Albigensian heresy was winning many...[Read More] (Bio by: Bunny Boiler) Basilica di San Domenico, Bologna, Provincia di Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Of Ulm, James b. 1407 d. October 11, 1491 Roman Catholic Church Figure. Born in Ulm, Germany. He became a mercenary for the army of Naples in 1432. He became disillusioned with military life and left to become a Dominican lay brother in Bologna in 1441. He spent most of the next 50 years creating stained glass windows. He was beatified in 1825, by Pope Leo XII, and is the patron of glass painters. (Bio by: Bunny Boiler) Basilica di San Domenico, Bologna, Provincia di Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Reni, Guido b. November 4, 1575 d. August 18, 1642 Artist. A leader of the Bolognese school of Italian Baroque painting. His idealized religious and mythological scenes are moody and often sentimental, executed with soft lines, muted colors, and occasional defiance of perspective. He was also a fine portraitist and his likeness of tragic noblewoman Beatrice Cenci (c. 1600) is one of Rome's most visited artworks. Reni was born in Calvenzano, near Bologna. He began studying art at age nine and in 1595 joined the classical Academy of painter...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Basilica di San Domenico, Bologna, Provincia di Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Plot: Rosary Chapel
b. 1170 d. August 6, 1221