Johannes Goritz (1457–1527), Latinised as Janus Corycius, was a Luxembourger

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official and

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. Goritz was born in

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in the

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. He graduated from

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in 1481, and came to Rome in 1484. He obtained the position within the

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, becoming a receiver of requests and then protonotary apostolic. Goritz commissioned a chapel in

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, dedicated to his patron saint

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. This included a sculpture of ''Madonna with Child and Anna'' by

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as well as a

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of '' The Prophet Isaiah'' by

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. At the dedication of the chapel, a steady stream of literary friends honoured Goritz with verses that were later published in the 1524 book ''Coryciana''. Every year on the feast of Saint Anne (July 26) Goritz would hold a banquet in the chapel. Following the Sack of Rome in 1527 he returned home but died in

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on the way there.

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