Draft:Cosmana Navarra
Cosmana Navarra (c. 1600 – 30 January 1687)[1] was a Maltese art patron.
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Cosmana Navarra was born around the year 1600, the daughter of Giovanni Cumbo and Cornelia Navarra. Her mother came from a noble family, so this may be the reason her daughter was often referred to by this surname. After her mother's death, her father married Giovanna D’Anastasio. Their daughter Timotea became Suor Geltruda Cumbo (1613-1656), popularly regarded as a saint. In 1615, Cosmana Navarra married Melchior Vella Cagliares, a lawyer and nephew of Bishop Baldassare Cagliares. They had one child, author Ignazio Vella (1618-1640), before he died in 1624. The next year she married Lorenzo Cassar, who died in 1660. She spent the rest of her life as a widow.[1]
Mattia Preti (1613-1699) and Melchiorre Cafà (1636-1677). Basilica of St Paul, Rabat Michelangelo Marullo Stefano Erardi
Cosmana Navarra died in 1687 at the age of 87.[1]
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Xuereb, Nadette (February 2021). COSMANA NAVARRA (1600-1687): THE ROLE OF A FEMALE PATRON OF THE ARTS IN BAROQUE MALTA (MA thesis). University of Malta.