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Saints of the Month: February

received the name of Brother John, or Angelic Brother John, or
Fra Angelico (Angelic Friar) due to his holiness. He moved to the
Friary in San Marco, Florence where there was an artistic
community and gained the patronage of the Medici family thanks
to his artistic talents. He worked on Saint Peter’s Basilica in
various chapels in 1445 and was a prior to the convent in Fiesole
from 1449 till shortly before he died. He is buried in the
Dominican church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva.

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