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Bona Sforza d'Aragona (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful House of Sforza, which had ruled the Duchy of Milan since 1447.
Aug 20, 2021 · He created several tombstones for Vilnius Cathedral, including most probably tombstone for Vytautas the Great, commissioned by Bona Sforza. As early as 1546 Padovano undertook, together with Giovanni Cini, to create the tombstone for Elizabeth.
Bona’s tomb represents one of the most important and best-documented works of Counter-Reformation sculpture in the South of Italy.
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Aug 11, 2014 · The following year Bl. Pope Pius IX gave her relics — blood, tomb inscription, and body — to Thaddeus Amat, the newly appointed Bishop of Monterrey, California. So St. Vibiana set sail for...
Dec 18, 2020 · The Queen who defied the Holy Roman Emperor | Pursuit by The University of Melbourne. An Italian-born princess and sole heir to the Sforza dukedom, Queen Bona helps us understand how elite Renaissance women acquired, maintained and negotiated power. By Dr Darius von Güttner, University of Melbourne.
Born in: 1494 - Died in: 1557. Bona Sforza of Aragon was queen consort of Poland, grand duchess consort of Lithuania from 1518 and duchess sovereign of Bari, from 1524.
Jun 2, 2020 · According to the tomb’s inscription, Giacomo Bongiovanni, canon of the basilica, teacher to Bona Sforza (also buried in this church), and rector of the adjacent school, planned his tomb in life. The painting that dominates the monument is dedicated to St. Jerome in his study, patron saint of knowledge, and appropriately includes a portrait of ...
