Chiostro di ognissanti, personalità francescane 15 Giovanni da Morrovalle

:''Giovanni Mincio may also refer to

antipope Benedict X Benedict X (died 1073/1080), born Giovanni, was elected to succeed Pope Stephen IX on 5 April 1058, but was opposed by a rival faction that elected Nicholas II. He fled Rome on 24 January 1059 and is today generally regarded as an antipope.Mary ...

'' Giovanni Minio or Mincio, of Morrovalle or Murrovale (died August 1312) was an Italian

Franciscan , image = FrancescoCoA PioM.svg , image_size = 200px , caption = A cross, Christ's arm and Saint Francis's arm, a universal symbol of the Franciscans , abbreviation = OFM , predecessor = , ...

who became

Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor Minister General is the term used for the leader or Superior General of the different branches of the Order of Friars Minor. It is a term exclusive to them, and comes directly from its founder, St. Francis of Assisi. He chose this word over "Super ...

, cardinal-bishop of Porto (1302), Protector of the Order of Friars Minors (1307) and

dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals The dean of the College of Cardinals ( la, Decanus Collegii Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalium) presides over the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church, serving as ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals). The position was establi ...

(1311). According to

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work '' The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculp ...

, it was Mincio who commissioned

Giotto Giotto di Bondone (; – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto ( , ) and Latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/ Proto-Renaissance period. G ...

for his frescoes of Francis of Assisi.
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Deans of the College of Cardinals 14th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Porto Italian Franciscans 1312 deaths Year of birth unknown Ministers General of the Order of Friars Minor {{Italy-RC-cardinal-stub