Simone Martini

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

June 13, 2018
Today is the Feast Day of St. Anthony of Padua , who died on 13 June 1231.

September 18, 2017
The last documents referring to fourteenth-century painter Pietro Lorenzetti are dated between 18 September 1344 and 19 February 1345.

October 28, 2016
October 28 is the feast day of Saints Simon and Jude (also known as Thaddeus).

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).

July 1, 2016
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July 16, 2015
Saint Clare of Assisi was born on 16 July 1194 (d. 12 August 1253, canonized 1255) in Assisi.

January 1, 2015
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October 27, 2014
Italian cardinal and art patron Gentile Partino da Montefiore died on 27 October 1312 in Lucca.