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Peter Lombard Peter Lombard (also Peter the Lombard, Pierre Lombard or Petrus Lombardus; 1096, Novara – 21/22 July 1160, Paris), was a scholastic theologian, Bishop of Paris, and author of '' Four Books of Sentences'' which became the standard textbook of ...

.'' Pietro Lombardo (1435–1515) was an

Italian Renaissance sculptor Italian Renaissance sculpture was an important part of the art of the Italian Renaissance, in the early stages arguably representing the leading edge. The example of Ancient Roman sculpture hung very heavily over it, both in terms of style and t ...

and

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; born in Carona (

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

), he was the father of

Tullio Lombardo Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455 – November 17, 1532), also known as Tullio Solari, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. He was the brother of Antonio Lombardo and son of Pietro Lombardo. The Lombardo family worked together to sculpt famous Catholic ...

and

Antonio Lombardo Antonio "Tony the Scourge" Lombardo (; November 23, 1891 – September 7, 1928) was an Italian-born American mobster. He was ''consigliere'' to Al Capone, and later the President of the Unione Siciliana. Biography Born in the town of Gala ...

."Pietro Lombardo."
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''. Web. 18 Jun. 2011. In the late 15th century, Pietro Lombardo sculpted many Venetian tombs with the help of his sons. These tombs included those of

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

, Doge

Pasquale Malipiero file: Interior of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venice) - Monument to the doge Pasquale Malipiero.jpg, Monument Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, In San Giovanni e Paolo Pasquale Malipiero, called the ''dux pacificus'' (1392 in Venice – May 5, 146 ...

and Pietro Mocenigo. He was the architect and chief sculptor for the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice (1481–1489) and of

San Giobbe The Church of St Job ( it, Chiesa di San Giobbe) is a 15th-century Roman Catholic church located overlooking the campo of the same name, known as ''Sant'Agiopo'' in Venetian dialect, on the south bank of the Cannaregio canal near Ponte dei Tre Arc ...

in Venice. He also depicted saints and the Virgin Mary on the walls of several Catholic churches. Pietro Lombardo is mentioned in line 27 of ''Canto ''XLV by

Ezra Pound Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a Fascism, fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works ...

as the first in a list of Italian renaissance artists whom Pound admired.

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