Fra Umile da Foligno (active in late 17th-century) was an Italian Franciscan friar and painter active in

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. He was born in

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. His output is sparse, all sacred subjects but includes paintings depicting events in the ''Life of Mary'' (1686-1691) in Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome. These include a fresco of the ''Visitation'' and ''Adoration by the Shepherds''. He painted a Madonna altarpiece (1666) now in Palazzo del Priore in Perugia. he appears to be influenced by Antonio Maria Fabrizi.Cultura Italia

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* 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters Franciscans People from Foligno Umbrian painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub