Sandano, Stefano

Stefano Sandano is an Italian art historian who has been licensed by the Vatican and Rome as an official art guide for the last fifteen years. He holds a bachelor's degree cum laude in arts and a master's in art history from Hunter College.

After his graduation, Hunter College granted Sandano the Virginia Adams Award, a highly prestigious accolade recognizing his master's thesis, "Renovatio Christiana: The Counter Reformed Patronage of Sixtus V at the Holy Steps in Rome (1585-1590)".

Sandano shares his award-winning thesis in a book of the same title, which offers a scholarly explanation...