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    Grata of Bergamo (early 4th century) is an Italian saint and martyr, and sister of Asteria of Bergamo. Her parents were Saint Lupo of Bergamo and Saint...
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    Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a major church in the upper town of Bergamo, Northern Italy. According to the popular tradition, partially supported...
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    martyred near Amiens in France under Diocletian (303) Saint Grata of Bergamo, a holy woman from Bergamo in Italy, zealous in securing Christian burial for the...
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  • Maria Aurelia Tasso (category Writers from Bergamo)
    Santa Grata in Bergamo. She likely derives from the same Bergamese family as Torquato Tasso. She wrote a hagiography on Santa Grata of Bergamo, putatively...
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    (1648), by Donato Calvi in Effemeride sagro profana di quanto di memorabile sia successo in Bergamo and by Francesco Tassi. The convent was under threat...
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    Bernardo Tasso (category Writers from Bergamo)
    -1567), was placed by her uncle in the Benedictine monastery of San Grata in Bergamo. Bernardo moved to Rome where his son joined him in about 1552. In...
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    Ponziano Loverini (category Artists from the Province of Bergamo)
    Ponziano was helped by his uncle to enroll (1858) at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. A stipend from the city of Gandino sponsored his art study. There, he...
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  • Conservatory), Bergamo («Angelo Mai» Civil Library), Stresa (Private Archive «Borromeo» on Isola Bella), Trento (State Archive), Pavia di Udine («Ricardi»...
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