Tag: Pope Eugenius IV
Veneto: Soave
Rome: San Salvatore in Lauro and the tomb of Pope Eugenius IV
Rome: Santa Bibiana
Bologna: Santo Stefano

The complesso di Santo Stefano is a very special complex of churches, chapels, a courtyard and a cloister. Although the complex adjoins the Piazza Santo Stefano and a street named the Via Santo Stefano runs alongside the buildings towards the Porta Santo Stefano, the complex rather surprisingly does not have…
Rome: The church of the Frisians
Rome: San Cesareo in Palatio
Rome: The Pantheon
Ferrara: The Duomo
Siena: Libreria Piccolomini

The Piccolominis were a prominent and influential family from Siena. Their influence was not confined to the city itself: two of the family’s most famous members became popes. Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1405-1464) was elected Pope Pius II in 1458 and held that position until his death in 1464. His nephew…