Nuncius Spinelli, jeho rodina a vztah k pražským jezuitům
Nuncius Spinelli, His Family and His Relationship to the Jesuits of Prague

Summary/Abstract: The papal nuncios at Rudolf II’s imperial court in Prague were prominent diplomatic and religious functionaries. The Society of Jesus provided them with significant support in the predominantly Protestant metropolis, as markedly documented by Filippo Spinelli, a nuncio active from 1599 to 1603. Not only did he consecrate the recently built Jesuit church, but shortly before the end of his diplomatic mission he also dedicated to the Jesuits a painting featuring Saint Ignatius, which has remained in the church ever since. Moreover, two of Spinelli’s close relatives, who died because of an epidemic that broke out in the Prague residence of the nuncio, were interred in the church.

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