Stained Glass Window Of Fra Angelico Saint DominicS Church London England Artist Unknown

Blessed Fra Angelico

Also known as: Angelico of Fiesole; Beato Angelico; Fra Giovanni; Giovanni da Fiesole; Giovanni de Fiesole; Guido di Pietro; John of Fiesole; Painter of the Angels

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

18-Feb

Born

1387 in Vicchio di Mugello near Florence, Italy as Guido di Pietro

Died

18 February 1455 in the Dominican convent in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

3 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II

Biography

Blessed Fra Angelico, also known as Angelico of Fiesole, Beato Angelico, Fra Giovanni, Giovanni da Fiesole, Giovanni de Fiesole, or Guido di Pietro, was a renowned Catholic artist and Dominican friar. Born in Vicchio di Mugello near Florence, Italy in 1387, he entered the Dominican Order in Fiesole in 1407, assuming the name Fra Giovanna.

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