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| Guido di Pietro (Fra Angelico)
(1387 - 1455)
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| 1387 |
Born Guido di Pietro in Vicchio, Tuscany (year approximate)
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| 1409 |
Struggles for the pontifical throne between Gregory XII, Benedict XIII, and Alexander V cause much upheaval. Fra Angelico takes refuge at a convent in Umbria |
| 1414 |
Plague outbreaks in Umbria force Fra Angelico to flee Umbria - he moves to Cortona |
| 1418 |
Enters a Dominican convent in Fiesole |
| 1418 |
Returns to Fiesole |
| 1420 |
Begins career as an illustrator of manuscripts |
| 1425 |
Becomes a friar using the name Giovanni da Fiesole |
| 1436 |
Moves with some of the Dominican friars of Fiesole to the convent of San Marco in Florence |
| 1445 |
Summoned to Rome by Pope Eugenius IV to paint frescoes for the Chapel of the Sacrament in the Vatican |
| 1450 |
Becomes Prior at S. Domenico in Fiesole |
| 1455 |
Dies 18 February in Rome |
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