Berlinghiero Gessi [SEP] date of death
Berlinghiero Gessi
Berlinghiero Gessi (28 October 1563 – 6 April 1639) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.
Early life.
Gessi was born in Bologna on 28 October 1563, the son of Giulio Cesare Gessi, doctor of philosophy and medicine, and Valeria Segni. He was a relative of Pope Gregory XIII. He was educated at the University of Bologna where he graduated in 1583 (at age 20) with a doctorate in "utroque iure". Thereafter he went to Rome to assist his uncle who was auditor
sequentially enriched after Maderno's death; its vault was frescoed in 1675 with triumphant themes within shaped compartments with feigned frames: "The Virgin Mary Triumphing over Heresy" and "Fall of the Rebel Angels" executed by Giovanni Domenico Cerrini in 1675.
Other sculptural detail abounds: "The Dream of Joseph" (left transept, Domenico Guidi, flanked by relief panels by Pierre Etienne Monnot) and the funeral monument to Cardinal Berlinghiero Gessi. There are paintings by Guercino, Nicolas Lorrain, and Domenichino. The church is also