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<p>In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, publicly damning a living man. The target was Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and a patron of the arts with ties to the Florentine Renaissance. Condemned to an afterlife of torment, he was burned in effigy in several places in Rome. What had this cultivated nobleman done to merit such a fate?<br><br><i>Pagan Virtue in a Christian World</i> examines anew the contributions and contradictions of the Italian Renaissance
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- Author
- Anthony F. D'Elia
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674088528
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Religion, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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