Tag: Saint Jean l’Hospitalier
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06 Works, Today, February 12th, is Julian the Hospitaller’s Day, With Footnotes – #43
Julian the Hospitaller is a Roman Catholic saint. According to de Varazze, on the night Julian was born, his father, a man of noble blood, saw pagan witches secretly lay a curse on the boy that would make him kill both his parents. His father wanted to get rid of the child, but his mother did…
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06 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 12th, is Julian the Hospitaller’s Day, With Footnotes – 43
Domenico Ghirlandaio (2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of the so-called “third generation” of the Florentine Renaissance, along with Verrocchio, the Pollaiolo brothers and Sandro Botticelli. Ghirlandaio led a large and efficient workshop that included his brothers Davide Ghirlandaio and Benedetto Ghirlandaio, his brother-in-law…
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