Castello, Avanzino Di

Castello, Avanzino di an Italian painter, was born in the Roman States in 1552, and studied under Pomerancio at Rome, where he painted many pictures for the churches. The best of his works are, The Miracle of the Viper, in the Isle of Malta; The Decollation of St. Paul, and Paul's Ascent into the Third Heaven, in the Church of San Paolo, near Rome. Castello died in 1629.