Hosted at Santo Spirito
· Basilica di Santo Spirito, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license · file Michelangelo stayed with the Augustinian friars of Santo Spirito and obtained access to cadavers for anatomical study, knowledge central to his treatment of the human body. The quote omits intervening wording identifying the Augustinian friars of Santo Spirito.