One of my favorite things about living in Rome is how much stunning art and architecture you can see by just walking around the city and popping into churches. In Rome, not only do we have three churches but also museums and palazzos where you can see many masterpieces by one of the world's most celebrated artists, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known as just "Caravaggio."

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born in 1571 in a small town of that name in Lombardy, Northern Italy. Some sources have him as being born in Milan instead. His father was a stonemason, but although he was from a simple background, Caravaggio's mother had connections with the local nobility, particularly the influential and powerful Sforza and Colonna families.