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The Anatomy of Papal Tiara: A Story About Popes’ Contribution and Protection of Anatomists

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Beginning with the thirteenth century, the papacy has exerted an important role in the development of anatomy and medical sciences through the protection and support provided to anatomists, who were in most cases the personal physicians of the popes as well. The work is intended to be a lesson of anatomy of Papal tiara, presenting the most important contributing popes, the anatomists–physicians whom they supported and protected and the relations between papacy and medical sciences.

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Cucu, A.I., Costea, C.F., Perciaccante, A. et al. The Anatomy of Papal Tiara: A Story About Popes’ Contribution and Protection of Anatomists. J Relig Health 58, 1307–1327 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00772-3

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