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• Angelico, Fra    b. 1387  d. February 18, 1455
  Early Italian Renaissance Artist. Known to contemporaries as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John of Fiesole) and Fra Giovanni Angelico (Angelic Brother John), he was born Guido di Pietro at Rupecanina, in the Mugello region of the then Republic of Florence, in present-day Italy. Nothing is known of his childhood or his parents. In October 1417 he joined a religions confraternity at the Santa Maria del Carmine Church in Florence under his birth name. By this time he was already recognized as a...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
  Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Church, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
   
• Catherine of Siena [body (without head and one finger)]   b. March 25, 1347  d. April 29, 1380
  Roman Catholic Saint. Patron saint of Italy, along with St. Francis of Assisi
  Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Church, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
   
• Clement VII, Pope    b. 1478  d. September 25, 1534
  Roman Catholic Pope. Giulio de' Medici was born into the famous Medici family of Florence, Italy. His uncle was the famous Lorenzo the Magnificent. Shortly after his cousin, Giovanni de' Medici, was elected Pope Leo X in 1513, he was made a cardinal. When Leo X died in 1521, Cardinal de' Medici helped get Adrian IV elected pope. After Adrian's death two years later, de' Medici was chosen pope, taking the name Clement VII, on November 18, 1523, amid much celebration in Rome. As pope, Clement had...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank McGady)
  Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Church, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
   
• Leo X, Pope    b. December 11, 1457  d. December 1, 1521
  Pope. Born Giovanni De Medici, second son of Lorenzo The Magnificent. Grew up in luxury during the Renaissance, he received the finest education available in Europe at the court of his father under several tutors, including the philosopher Pico Della Mirandola. Leo had appointed Raphael to proceed with the building of St. Peter's, but lack of funds forced the great artist to chafe in idleness. The Pope granted an indulgence to all who under the usual conditions contributed to the building of...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
  Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Church, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
   
• Mazarin, Michel   b. September 1, 1605  d. August 31, 1648
  Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence. He was born in Pescina as the son of Pietro Mazarini and his wife Ortensia Ruffalini. His brother was Cardinal Jules Mazarin. In 1620 he changed his name from Alexander to Michele. He was created Archbishop of Aix in July 1643. Two years later he was created Cardinal. He was the exact opposite of Jules he is described as very brutal and irascible. In 1648 Jules sent him as Viceking to Catalonia to get rid of him. Only 6 months later he left Catalonia because of...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
  Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Church, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
   
• Micara, Clemente Cardinal    b. December 24, 1879  d. March 11, 1965
  Roman Catholic Cardinal, Vicar General of Rome. After ordination as a Catholic priest in 1902, Micara began a diplomatic career in the Vatican Secretariat of State, serving in the nunciatures to Argentina, Belgium, and Austria. In 1920 he was appointed the first Vatican nuncio to Czechoslovakia and ordained bishop in 1921. He was named nuncio to Belgium and internuncio to Luxemburg in 1923, positions he held through 1946, while spending the years of Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1944 in Rome. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Pilgrim)
  Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Church, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
   
• Paul IV, Pope    b. June 28, 1476  d. August 18, 1559
  Roman Catholic Pope. Giovanni Pietro Caraffa was born near Benevento, Italy into one of the most illustrious of the noble families of Naples. He was related to Cardinal Oliviero Caraffa who trained him and brought him into the Papal Court. At age 18, he became the See of Chieti (in Latin, "Theate") thus gaining the nickname, "Theatinus." Pope Leo X sent him as a papal ambassador to England and papal nuncio to Spain. Under Pope Clement VII, he resigned his office, at age 48, to enter a monastic...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank McGady)
  Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Church, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
   
• Urban VII, Pope    b. August 4, 1521  d. September 27, 1590
  Roman Catholic Pope. Giambattista Castagna, the son of a Genoese nobleman, was born in Rome. His mother was the sister of Cardinal Jacovazzi. He graduated with a doctorate in civil and canon law. In 1553, Pope Julius II appointed him Archbishop of Rossano. He was ordained a priest later in the month. Castagna held other offices in the Church throughout his life; Governor of Perugia and Umbria, papal nuncio to Spain, papal nuncio to Venice and Consultor of the Holy Office and the Ecclesiastical...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank McGady)
  Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Church, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
   

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