1. Death and Ritual in Renaissance Italy
... with those of his wife Sabina, and his first adopted son, Lucius Aelius, who also died in 138. Following this, the remains of succeeding emperors were also placed here, the last recorded deposition being Caracalla in 217. It was so splendid that the Popes preserved it and expanded it with additional stories and fortifications before renaming it the Castel Sant'Angelo ... tomb became significantly smaller. There is also evidence that The Cardinal of Portugal's tomb, James of Lustiana, designed and built by Antoino Rossellino, was financed by his aunt Isabella, the Duchess of Burgandy, hi...
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