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Pompeo Cesura (born c.1500–1571), also known as Pompeo Dall'Aquila or Pompeo Aquilano, was an Italian painter and engraver. It is stated in the 'Abecedario Pittorico' by
Orlandi Orlandi or the House of Orlandi were the prominent medieval Pisan family. Orlandi also may refer to: Other people *Andrea Orlandi (born 1984), Spanish footballer *Carlo Orlandi (1910–1983), Italian boxer and Olympian *Carlo Orlandi (rugby play ...
to have been a painter of history, specializing both in oil and fresco. He flourished in the latter part of the 16th century. There is a painting by him in the church of
Santo Spirito in Sassia Church of the Holy Spirit in the Saxon District (Italian: ''La chiesa di Santo Spirito in Sassia'') is a 12th-century titular church in Rome, Italy. It is in '' Borgo Santo Spirito'', a street which got its name from the church, placed in the sou ...
in Rome, representing the Deposition, which was engraved by Orazio de Santis in 1572. Several frescoes by him can be viewed in his birthplace of
L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...
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Abruzzo Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...
. He is also said to have painted the portrait of
Raphael Sanzio Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...
used at the latter's funeral.Giornale enciclopedico di Napoli
Volume III, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Naples, (1820) page 275.


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Raffaele Aurini Raffaele () is an Italian given name and surname, variant of the English Raphael. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Raffaele Amato, Italian mobster *Raffaele Cutolo, Italian mobster *Raffaele Ganci, Italian mobster *Raffaele Canton ...
, ''Dizionario bibliografico della gente d'Abruzzo'', 2nd edition by Fausto Eugeni, Luigi Ponziani and Marcello Sgattoni, Colledara, Andromeda, 2002, vol. II, p. 48-56, first published in 5 volumes in the 1st edition and published posthumously in the 2nd edition. *Germano Boffi, ''Cesura Pompeo'', in ''Gente d'Abruzzo. Dizionario biografico'', Castelli, Andromeda, 2006, pp. 17–20.


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