Giovanni Squarcina [SEP] date of death
Giovanni Squarcina
Giovanni Squarcina (September 11, 1825 – 1891) was an Italian painter.
Biography.
Squarcina was born in Zadar, Croatia. During his youth, his natural inclination for painting, was challenged by his father, who intended his son to become a jeweller. At 17 years, his mother took him to Venice, where he began studies at the Venetian Academy of Fine Arts from 1842 to 1848. He was sent to Rome on a government stipend. Returning to Venice he completes a massive (
on 19 January 1851, by Giovanni Giuseppe Cappellari, the Bishop of Vicenza, assisted by Bernardo Antonino Squarcina, O.P., the Bishop of Adria, and Federico Manfredini, the Titular Bishop of Famagusta. He was formally installed in his new diocese on 16 February 1851. On 18 September 1858, Farina ordained as a priest Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, the future Saint Pope Pius X. On 18 June 1860, Farina was appointed as the Bishop of Vicenza, a position he held until his death in 1888, and he was formally installed