Oratorio Dell'Eterna Sapienza
The Oratory of Eternal Wisdom () was a confraternity in Milan between 1500 and 1530.Mauro Regazzoni, "Cinque e Seicento: l'epoca della Riforme e della Controriforma", in Pietro Zovatto (ed.), ''Storia della spiritualità italiana'' (Città Nuova, 2002), pp. 233–234.Querciolo Mazzonis, ''Spirituality, Gender, and the Self in Renaissance Italy: Angela Merici and the Company of St. Ursula (1474–1540)'' (Catholic University of America Press, 2007), p. 140n. It was founded by Giovanni Antonio Bellotti of Ravenna, commendatory abbot of the Augustinian friars of Saint Antoine l'Abbaye, Saint Antoine de Grenoble. Amidst the ongoing Italian Wars, he had been sent to Milan by Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, Joan of France in order to foster spiritual renewal and peace. The confraternity practised the Forty Hours' Devotion. Prominent members include three future popes, Giovanni de' Medici (Leo X), Giovanni Angelo de' Medici (Pius IV) and Michele Ghislieri (Pius V); the Cardinal Guillaume ...
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Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nearly 1.4 million, while its Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city has 3.2 million residents. Within Europe, Milan is the fourth-most-populous List of urban areas in the European Union, urban area of the EU with 6.17 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan) is estimated between 7.5 million and 8.2 million, making it by far the List of metropolitan areas of Italy, largest metropolitan area in Italy and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is the economic capital of Italy, one of the economic capitals of Europe and a global centre for business, fashion and finance. Milan is reco ...
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