Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello)Variants include "Raffaello Santi", "Raffaello da Urbino" or "Rafael Sanzio da Urbino". The surname Sanzio derives from the latinization of the Italian, Santi, into Santius. He normally signed documents as "Raphael Urbinas" - a latinized form. Gould:207 (April 6 or March 28, 1483 ? April 6, 1520)Jones and Penny:1 and 246. He died on his 37th birthday, and was both born and died on Good Friday, according to different sources. The matter has been much discussed, as both cannot be true was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.See, for example,Hugh Honour and John Fleming, A World History of Art, 1982, Macmillan, London, p. 357

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