Giovanni Mincio da Morrovalle

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Giovanni Minio or Mincio, of Morrovalle or Murrovale (died August 1312) was an Italian Franciscan who became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor [ [http://198.62.75.1/www1/ofm/fra/FRAht03.html History of the Franciscan Movement (3) ] ] , cardinal-bishop of Porto (1302), Protector of the Order of Friars Minors (1307) and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1311). [ [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1302.htm The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 15, 1302 ] ]

According to Giorgio Vasari, it was Mincio who commissioned Giotto for his frescoes of Francis of Assisi. [ [http://www.artonline.it/opera.asp?IDOpera=373] it icon.]

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