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In 1432, Giovanni Battista Cybo was born in Genoa, the son of Arano Cybo and Teodorina de Mari. His father was from an old Genoese family of Greek ancestry, [1] a viceroy of Naples and then a senator in Rome under Pope Calixtus III. Giovanni Battista's early years were spent at the Neapolitan court.
The pope, born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj, was initially wary of sitting for Velázquez, but relented after he was shown reproductions of portraits by the artist. A contributing factor for this large advancement in the painter's career was that he had already depicted a number of members of Pamphilj's inner court.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, who later became Pope Paul VI, remarked to Giulio Bevilacqua that "this holy old boy doesn't realise what a hornet's nest he's stirring up". [73] From the Second Vatican Council came changes that reshaped the face of Catholicism: a comprehensively revised liturgy , a stronger emphasis on ecumenism , and a new ...
In 1625 Pope Urban VIII sent him to accompany his nephew, Francesco Barberini, whom he had accredited as nuncio, first to France and then Spain. [5] In January 1626, Pamphili was appointed titular Latin Patriarch of Antioch. [6] In reward for his labors, in May 1626 Giovanni Battista was made nuncio to the court of Philip IV of Spain. [6]
Giovanni Battista Castagna 4 August 1521 Rome, Lazio, Papal States 69 / 69 Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Supported by the Spanish. Shortest-reigning pope; died before coronation. Set the first known worldwide smoking ban, banning smoking in and near all churches. 229: 5 December 1590 – 16 October 1591 (315 days) Gregory XIV
The Busts of Pope Innocent X are two portrait busts by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini of Pope Innocent X, Giovanni Battista Pamphili.Created around 1650, both sculptures are now in the Galleria Doria Pamphili in Rome.
Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini was born in the village of Concesio, in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, in 1897. His father, Giorgio Montini (1860–1943), was a lawyer, journalist, director of the Catholic Action, and member of the Italian Parliament. His mother, Giudetta Alghisi (1874–1943), was from a family of ...
The following list shows a selection of Marian images in the Catholic Church ... Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, Foggia: Pope Leo XIII Madonna di Materdomini 20 ...