Michelangelo died 447 years ago today
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February 18, 2011
NORTH CAROLINA - Michelangelo, the artist who created the Pieta and the David, died at the age of 89. The anniversary of his death on Friday, February 18, 1564, is honored and venerated today -- on this 447th anniversary of the passing of the “world’s greatest artist” -- with the ringing of bells in his Florence and Rome, while the Vatican offers a special mass that’s akin to similar events for saints and deceased popes.[link]
February 18, 2011
NORTH CAROLINA - Michelangelo, the artist who created the Pieta and the David, died at the age of 89. The anniversary of his death on Friday, February 18, 1564, is honored and venerated today -- on this 447th anniversary of the passing of the “world’s greatest artist” -- with the ringing of bells in his Florence and Rome, while the Vatican offers a special mass that’s akin to similar events for saints and deceased popes.[link]
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