His birthplace was Sarsina in umbria.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
I was there a week, got things straightened up, took the 'Limited' on Thursday, reached New York Friday night, spent Saturday morning at the office, and sailed that afternoon, on the umbria, to look after the London end of the scheme."
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
But, as it turned out, this was good fortune for the young painter-monk, for in those hill towns of umbria where the brothers sought refuge there were pictures to be studied which delighted his eyes with their beauty, and taught him many a lesson which he could never have learned on the quiet slopes of Fiesole.
"Knights of Art Stories of the Italian Painters"
Amy Steedman