The Death of Michelangelo

A Monument to Michelangelo

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On February 18th 1564, less than three weeks short of his 89th birthday, Michelangelo died in Rome.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, to give the great man his full name, lived in Via Macel de Corvi, close to the church of Santa Maria in Loreto. 

​His body was moved to the nearby church of Santi XII Apostoli before being taken to Florence for burial.  There is a monument to Michelangelo, the work of Giacomo del Duca, in one of the two cloisters of Santi Apostoli.

The inscription reads:

​MICHAEL ANGELVS 
BONARROTIVS
SCVLPTOR PICTOR ARCHITECTVS
MAXIMA ARTIFICVM FREQVENTIA
IN HAC BASILICA SS XII APOST F M C 
XI KAL MART A MDLXIV ELATVS EST
CLAM INDE FLORENTIAM TRANSLATVS 
ET IN TEMPLO S CRVCIS EORVMD F 
V ID MART EIVSD A CONDITVS
TANTO NOMINI 
NVLLVM PAR ELOGIVM

It concludes with the words: TANTO NOMINI NULLIUM PAR ELOGIUM (No praise is equal to such a great name). 

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