15 April 1452 A.D. Birth: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
15 April 1452 A.D. Birth: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/birthdays/04-15.html Leonardo da Vinci (1452 to 1519) Roman Church He Painted a Remarkable Religious Grouping. Leonardo da Vinci (left), Renaissance artist, was born in Vinci, Italy. A profound thinker and scholar, da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of his day, and has been classed with Dante, Beethoven and Shakespeare as one of the four greatest intellects in the world of art and literature. The church remembers him as the artist who painted the widely imitated Last Supper, (notable for its grouping of figures) on which he labored three years (1494-97).