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Giovanni Mincio da Morrovalle

Giovanni Mincio da Morrovalle

Italian Franciscan

Giovanni Minio or Mincio, of Morrovalle or Murrovale (died August 1312) was an Italian Franciscan who became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor,[1] cardinal-bishop of Porto (1302), Protector of the Order of Friars Minors (1307) and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1311).[2]

Giovanni Mincio da Morrovalle
Giovanni Mincio may also refer to antipope Benedict X

According to Giorgio Vasari, it was Mincio who commissioned Giotto for his frescoes of Francis of Assisi.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Noel Muscat, O.F.M. "History of the Franciscan Movement (3)". Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  2. [2]
    Salvador Miranda, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 15, 1302[dead link]
  3. [3]
    Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian).
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