1673-1688 - Palace of Whitehall (Westminster)
Church History & Radicalism & Royalty & Italy & place: Modena
Queen Mary of Modena was born Marie Beatrice d’Este on 5 October 1658, the Catholic daughter of Alfonso IV, Duke of Modena. She was the second wife
1559-1566 - Not traced (Greenwich)
Church History & Engineering & Italy & place: Trento
Lawyer and engineer Jacob Acontius was born Jacopo Aconcio around 1520 in Trento. After studing law, he entered the service of Francesco Landriano,
1658-1909 - Sardinia Street (Westminster)
Church History & Politics
The recusant Weld dynasty descends from Humphrey Weld, a merchant and Lord Mayor of London. Weld’s grandson, also named Humphrey, acquired a piece
1583-1586 - Barbican (City of London)
Church History & Philosophers & Printing & Italy & place: Nola
Philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno was born Filippo Bruno in 1548 in Nola (Campania, then part of the Kingdom of Naples), the son of a
1547-1553 - Lambeth Palace (Lambeth)
Universities & Church History & Italy & place: Florence
Reformer Piero Mariano Vermigli, known as Peter Martyr, was born on 8 September 1499 at Florence. His father was a wealthy shoemaker and he received
1572-1580 - Austin Friars (City of London)
Church History & Italy & place: Figline Valdarno
Philosopher and humanist Francesco Pucci was born in 1543 in Figline Valdarno, Tuscany. As a youngster he worked in a mercantile house at Lyon where
1598-1651 - St Mary Magdalen (Southwark)
Church History & Medicine & Royalty & Italy & place: Geneva
Physician Theodore Diodati was born in Geneva on 23 August 1573. His was father was a merchant banker of Lucca, where the family had been prominent
1550-1566 - Austin Friars (City of London)
Church History & Royalty & Translations & Italy & place: Florence
Reformed minister, author, and translator Michelangelo Florio was born in Tuscany (most likely in Florence; the date is not known) into a family of
1506-1517 St Stephen (Westminster)
Church History & Royalty & Italy & place: Lucca
Humanist scholar and poet Andreas Ammonius [Andrea della Rena] was born in Lucca into a family of silk weavers and baptised on 13 October 1476. In
1451-1490 Coleman Street (City of London)
Church History & Royalty & Wool & Textiles & Italy & Place: Lucca
Wool and silk dealer Carlo Gigli was born in Lucca. His business flourished and he was admitted as a member of the prestigious confraternity of Our
1547-1553 - Lambeth Palace Road (Lambeth)
Church History & Translations & Italy & Place: Siena
Reformer Bernardino Ochino was born in Siena about 1487, the son of a barber. Around 1504, he was entrusted to the order of Franciscan Friars. Some
1513-1549 - Bishopsgate Street (City of London)
Banking & Finance & Church History & Trade & Commerce & Wool & Textiles & Italy & place: Lucca
Merchant and banker Antonio Buonvisi was born around 1470/5. He belonged to an ancient family of Lucca. His parents may have settled in England
1616-1622 - Strand (Covent Garden)
Church History & Italy & place: Rab (island)
Theologian Marco Antonio de Dominis was born in 1560 on the island of Rab off the Adriatic coast. He was educated at a Jesuit school in Loreto and
1245-1268 - Westminster Abbey (Westminster)
Architecture & Church History & Mosaics & Italy & place: Rome
In the 1040s King Edward established his Royal Palace by the banks of the Thames. Nearby was a Benedictine monastery which was rebuilt as a large