Italy On This Day

Bloody fight that entrenched rival factions in Catholic Church Robert of Geneva, rival pope to Urban VI Giacomo Orsini, a member of the Orsi...

Pious woman from ordinary family helped the Pope reorganise the church Tiepolo's 1746 painting of St Catherine, in  the Kunsthistorische...

Appointment that sparked split in Catholic Church Pope Clement VII, a portrait by the 19th century French painter Henri Serrur The e...

Legal opinions have stood the test of time Baldus de Ubaldis wrote more than 3,000 legal opinions during his career An expert in medi...