Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Pope Clement VIII. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Pope Clement VIII. Show all posts

22 November 2018

Alfonso II d’Este – Duke of Ferrara

Tasso’s patron raised Ferrara to the height of its glory Alfonso II d'Este, a portrait by Girolamo da Carpi Alfonso II d’Este, w...

22 August 2018

Luca Marenzio – composer

Madrigal writer influenced Monteverdi Luca Marenzio is believed to have been a singer employed by the Gonzaga family Luca Marenzio, ...

15 September 2017

The first free public school in Europe

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

6 February 2017

Beatrice Cenci - Roman heroine

Aristocrat's daughter executed for murder of abusive father Guido Reni's portrait of Beatrice, in prison clothes, is thought ...

22 July 2016

St Lawrence of Brindisi

Talented linguist who converted Jews and Protestants A statue of St Lawrence at the Convent of Capuchin Friars in Rovigo, in the Ven...

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