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Showing posts with label Pope Clement XII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Clement XII. Show all posts
7 April 2026

Pope Clement XII

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Financially shrewd pontiff used papal cash for building projects Pope Clement XII commission many architectural works in Rome and Ancona Lor...
25 August 2021

Alessandro Galilei - architect

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After frustrations in England Florentine made mark in Rome Giuseppe Berti's portrait of Alessandro Galilei The architect Alessandro Gali...
29 February 2020

Pietro Ottoboni - patron of music and art

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Venetian cardinal spent fortune on composers and painters Francesco Trevisiani's portrait of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, painted in a...
20 December 2018

San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio

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Franciscan monk canonized in 1867 Leonardo survived a life-threatening illness to devote his life to preaching San Leonardo da Porto...
8 February 2018

Nicola Salvi – architect

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Creator of Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain The Trevi Fountain was Nicola Salvi's masterpiece The architect Nicola Salvi, famous ...
22 May 2017

Trevi Fountain inaugurated

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Famous fountain now helps raise money for the poor The Trevi Fountain was opened by Pope Clement XIII Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountai...
24 February 2017

Sandro Pertini - popular president

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Man of the people who fought Fascism Sandro Pertini (right) congratulates coach Enzo Bearzot after Italy won the World Cup in Spain...
10 January 2016

San Pietro Orseolo – Doge of Venice and monk

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Rich powerful Doge made a life-changing decision Pietro Orseolo, a former Venetian Doge who joined the Benedictine order, died on this ...