Background
Roncalli was born in Pomarance, a town near Volterra.
Roncalli was born in Pomarance, a town near Volterra.
He was one of the three painters known as il Pomarancio. His training occurred in Tuscany, and around 1578, he relocated to Rome, Italy where he worked for Niccolò Circignani (also known as il Pomarancio). Most of his fresco work was in Rome, though he worked for a decade in Loreto (1605–1615), where he decorated the New Sacristy.
In Rome he decorated the cupola of the church of Santa Maria di Loreto and of San Silvestro in Capite.
He helped decorate Santa Maria in Vallicella for the Oratory of San Filippo Neri. Roncalli was named a Cavaliere of Christ in 1607.
He died in Rome in 1626.