A Taxonomy of Art Patronage in Renaissance Italy

The Counter-Reformation, Diplomacy, and Art Patronage in Portugal under Cardinal-Infant D. Henrique of Portugal: A Legacy to Serve Church and Kingdom

“…Each member of the Sacred College was assigned a titular church for which he was responsible; countless inscriptions and stemmi proclaim their patronage at these churches and others". 91 In the capital of Christendom, Cardinal D. Henrique was responsible for the renovation of the Basilica of the Four Crowned Martyrs, also known as the Four Crowned Ones, an ancient Christian temple, where four Roman soldiers and martyrs had been buried. Severely damaged since the sack of Rome by the troops of the Emperor Charles V-brother-in-law of D. Henrique-in 1527, the basilica from the fourth/fifth century was renewed by the Cardinal-Infant after Pius IV informed him, by the letters of 27 June and 8 August 1561, and 10 November 1563, of his obligation as cardinalatus titulus.…”