Raffaele Monaco La Valletta Raffaele Monaco La Valletta Raffaele Monaco La Valletta S.T.D. J.U.D. (23 February 1827 – 14 July 1896) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. Raffaele Monaco La Valletta was born in Aquila and was of a family from Chieti. He was educated at the Collegio Romano where he earned a doctorate in theology. He continued his studies at the La Sapienza University, Rome, where he earned a "doctorate utriusque iuris" (in both canon and civil law). He ended his studies at the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical
San Pellegrino alla Sapienza the school of Simone Martini, a "St Peter and Paul" by Bartolomeo Bulgarini, and a 14th-century ivory tryptich and icon of the "Madonna di Monteguaitano", originally from the church of Maria Santissima del Rosario. Other frescoes in the church were painted by Giuliano Traballesi; canvases were present in 1840 by Lorenzo Feliciati and Jacopo Calvi, with statues by Giuseppe Mazzuoli. Underneath the church was the Oratory of the Beato Andrea Gallerrani, containing paintings by Salimbeni and Casolani. San Pellegrino alla Sapienza San Pellegrino alla Sapienza o della Sapienza is a Gothic style, Roman Catholic church located at the intersection of