Giovanni Battista Martini
Giovanni Battista or Giambattista Martini, O.F.M. Conv., also known as Padre Martini, was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar, who was a leading musician, composer, and music historian of the period and a mentor to Mozart.
Portrait of Padre Martin, by A. Crescimbeni (International museum and library of music, Bologna)
Lettera famigliare intorno l'inondazione di Verona (1757)
Order of Friars Minor Conventual
The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (O.F.M.Conv.) is a male religious fraternity in the Catholic Church and a branch of the Franciscan Order. Conventual Franciscan Friars are identified by the affix O.F.M.Conv. after their names. They are also known as Conventual Franciscans or Minorites.
Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi, the most important church of the Order, where the saint's body is preserved.
A Conventual Franciscan in Brazil