Italy On This Day

Franciscan monk canonized in 1867 Leonardo survived a life-threatening illness to devote his life to preaching San Leonardo da Porto...

Frascati sees groundbreaking development in education José de Calasanz arrived in Rome from his native Aragon in 1592 The first fr...

Erudite, gentle, honest man was chosen as a compromise Pope Benedict XIV succeeded Clement XII as a compromise candidate after a si...

Bologna cardinal seen as great intellectual leader Pierre Subleyras's portrait of Benedict XIV, painted in the early 1700s, is in...