Santa Maria in Publicolis


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Sanctuary
On the left are Four portraits of clergy members of the Santacroce family by Alessandro Grimaldi. The first portrait on the right is Cardinal Prospero Publicola Santacroce, the one who introduced the use of tobacco in Rome from Portugal where he was nuncio. Tobacco was then called Santacroce Grass.

Related links:  Prospero Publicola Santacroce (1514-1589)

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