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

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

February 18

Died

February 18, 1455

Beatified

3 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II

Religious Order

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.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1982-10-03 by 3 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II

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