Fra Angelico was born in Vicchio (Tuscany) in 1400, and from a young age, he showed a special predisposition for drawing and miniature along with other artists of the Florentine school, appreciated beauty, and perceived a call to dedicate his life to God.
Together with his brother Benedict, Guido entered the Dominican convent of Fiesole and soon prayer and study were translated into images. "He who does the things of Christ must always live with Christ," he repeated. Friar Juan da Fiésole. He never began a painting without having prayed first, it is said. He preached through his work in Fiesole, Florence, Rome and Orvieto. During the Fiesolean period (1425-1438), he painted the tables of the Annunciation (Prado Museum) and the 'Coronation' (Louvre Museum) for the convent church.
Some testimonies of his art are the frescoes in the convent of San Marco in Florence, in the Vatican itself, where he was called in 1445 by Pope Eugene IV. He was proposed to be appointed archbishop of Florence, but declined the position in favor of his prior, St. Antoninus. After returning to Fiesole, he was elected prior, but he did not accept new assignments and died in Rome. The body of the blessed Dominican was buried at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (Rome).
