Florence
Italy
Florence, the capital of Tuscany in central Italy. A leading city of the Italian Renaissance, it hosted the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1438-1439) that briefly reunited the Latin and Greek churches, was the city of the friar Savonarola, and produced several Medici popes.
Teachers who lived here
Pope Eugene IV
Pope Eugene IV (1383–1447)
papacy (in exile) 1434–1443
Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498)
prior, reformer, martyr 1490–1498
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III (1468–1549)
humanist education 1486–1491
Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X (1475–1521)
birthplace 1475–1492
Pope Clement VII
Pope Clement VII (1478–1534)
birthplace 1478–1513
Pope Leo XI
Pope Leo XI (1535–1605)
birthplace and archbishop 1535–1596
Robert Bellarmine
Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621)
humanities teacher 1563–1567
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII (1568–1644)
birthplace 1568–1589
Pope Innocent XII
Pope Innocent XII (1615–1700)
papal nuncio 1652–1660
Pope Clement XII
Pope Clement XII (1652–1740)
birthplace 1652–1670
Pope Nicholas II
Pope Nicholas II (?–1061)
bishop 1045–1059
Pope Stephen IX
Pope Stephen IX (?–1058)
death 1058