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December 22, 2019
On This Day (22 December) in 1490 the Capella Maggiore of Santa Maria Novella was Opened.

November 11, 2018
11 November Marks The Feast Day of Saint Martin of Tours.

July 6, 2018
A Florentine Wedding

January 29, 2018
Italian painter and draughtsman Giuliano Bugiardini was born in Florence on 29 January 1475.

June 24, 2017
24 June is the feast day of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.

May 27, 2017
Ludovico (Maria) Sforza, Duke of Milan, died 27 May 1508 (aged 55).

April 15, 2017
Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 , in the Tuscan village of Vinci, an illegitimate son of a local lawyer.

December 31, 2016
Lorenzo de’ Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was born on 1 January 1449 in Florence.

September 30, 2016
September 30 marks the Feast of St Jerome, and is the date of the his death in 420 AD.

September 24, 2016
The Virgin of Mercy (Madonna della Misericordia) is a Marian devotional image type recognizable by its portrayal of Mary protecting those in need and devotees under her blue mantle (cloak).