Domenico di Michelino (1417–1491) was an Italian Renaissance painter who was born and died in Florence.His real name was Domenico di Francesco. The patronymic "di Michelino" was adopted in honor of his teacher, the cassone painter Michelino di Benedetto (c. 1378-1499), by whom no works have been identified. Giorgio Vasari reports that Domenico was also a pupil of …

The history of the papacy, the office held by the pope as head of the Catholic Church, spans from the time of Peter to the present day. Moreover, many of the bishops of Rome in the first three centuries of the Christian era are obscure figures. Most of Peter's successors in the first three centuries following his life suffered martyrdom along with members of their flock in periods of …