Jacopone da Todi [SEP] date of death
Jacopone da Todi
Fra Jacopone da Todi, O.F.M. (ca. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria in the 13th century. He wrote several (songs in praise of the Lord) in the local vernacular. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre, being one of the earliest scholars who dramatised Gospel subjects.
Life.
Born Jacopo dei Benedetti, he was a member of a noble family. He studied law in Bologna and became a successful lawyer. At some point in
Blessed Jacopone da Todi (painting)
Blessed Jacopone da Todi is a fragment of a fresco by Paolo Uccello, dating to early in 1436. It shows the Franciscan Jacopone da Todi and was originally located to the right of the altar in the Cappella dell'Assunta in Prato Cathedral. In 1967 it was moved to the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo and at the end of the 1990s it was moved to the Museo Civico, where it is displayed in the "I Tesori della città" gallery.
Bibliography.
- Annarita Paolieri