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San Giorgio Cathedral, Modica, mother church of Modica, Province of Ragusa, Sicily; Duomo of San Giorgio, Ragusa, a church in Ragusa Ibla, Sicily; Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, a confraternity house in Venice; Other buildings with the name: San Giorgio Monastery, Venice; Palazzo San Giorgio, Genoa
Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio [1] (died 14 March 1509) was an Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal. [2] Agostino Oldoino calls him the leading jurisconsult of his age. [3] Kenneth Pennington has called him one of the ‘last two great commentators on feudal law’.
The medieval castle of San Giorgio [2] is mentioned for the first time in 1033. It was the home for nearly two decades (1098-1117) for the schismatic bishop of Como, Landolfo Carcano, who was appointed by Emperor Henry IV against Pope Gregory VII's bishop. [3]
Eusebio da San Giorgio or Eusebio di Jacopo di Cristoforo da San Giorgio (c. 1470 – c. 1550) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Biography [ edit ]
On this occasion the medieval part was renovated and the statues of the benefactors of the Compere di San Giorgio were placed in the rooms. The Customs offices were located on the ground floor of the new wing, on the first floor the offices and the so-called "sacristies", the vaults in which coins and precious metals were kept; the Bank's ...
San Giorgio is particularly dear to the people of Vigevano, especially the students, who for generations have gone there for their "propitiatory" devotions, before entering the nearby high school. [3] The church is privately owned. It is currently managed by the local Ecuadorian community of the Virgin of Cisne. [6] [7]
Born in Milan, Sangiorgio studied at the city's Accademia di Brera.During his early career he worked for the Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano; later he received numerous commissions for large public sculptures in places including Turin (a Castor and Pollux for the Palazzo Reale), Milan, Brescia and Casale Monferrato (an equestrian portrait of Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia).
The Bank of Saint George (Italian: Casa delle compere e dei banchi di San Giorgio or informally as Ufficio di San Giorgio or Banco) [1] was a financial institution of the Republic of Genoa. It was founded on 23 April 1407 [2] to consolidate the public debt, which had been escalating due to the war with Venice for trading and financial dominance ...