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What was Fra Angelico’s name before he became a Dominican friar?
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Fra Angelico
Madonna of Humility, tempera on panel by Fra Angelico, c. 1440; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Before he became a Dominican friar, Fra Angelico was baptized with the name Guido di Pietro. He was known by this name when he appeared in a document in 1417 as a lay painter. After entering the order between 1420 and 1422, he took the name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole.1