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Francis of St. Michael 1597 James Kisai 1597 John Soan de Goto 1597 Leo Karasuma 1597 Louis Ibarachi: 1585 1597 Martin de Aguirre 1597 Martin Loynaz of the Ascension 1597 Matthias of Meako 1597 Michael Kozaki 1597 Paulo Miki, priest and martyr, and Companions: 1565 1597 Peter Baptist 1597 Peter Canisius: 1521 1597 Peter Shukeshiko 1597 Peter ...
Baroque architecture is a building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy and spread in Europe. The style took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and the absolutist state in defiance of the Reformation .
Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, at the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. In 1586 he went to Spain, where he followed and replaced Federico Zuccari as main court painter. He painted in the lower cloisters of El Escorial at the request of King Philip II. His greatest work were frescoes in the library.
Control was always contested; indeed it took until the 16th century for the Pope to have any genuine control over all his territories. Papal responsibilities were often in conflict. The Papal States were involved in at least three wars in the first two decades of the 16th century. [38] Julius II, the "Warrior Pope", fought on their behalf.
Pope Gregory XV (Latin: Gregorius XV; Italian: Gregorio XV; 9 January 1554 – 8 July 1623), born Alessandro Ludovisi, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 February 1621 until his death in 1623.
There are 5 crèches (2 public and 3 private), 2 public primary schools, 1 Institute of secondary education and 3 private schools (with and without concert) in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, as well as 1 overseas centre and 1 university centre attached to the Complutense University (University Maria Cristina).
Federico Zuccaro, also known as Federico Zuccari and Federigo Zucchero (c. 1540/1541 – July/August 1609), was an Italian painter, draughtsman, architect and writer. He worked in various cities in Italy, as well as in other countries such as Spain, France, the Spanish Netherlands and England. [1]
Fontana added the lantern to the dome of St. Peter's and proposed the prolongation of the interior in a well-defined nave. [ 5 ] Of more importance were the alterations he made in Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (c. 1586), where he introduced into the loggia of the north facade an imposing double arcade of wide span and ample sweep, and ...