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unusual facts about Damnatio memoriae


Foundation's Fear

For example, Seldon suggests a decree that erases terrorists' names from records, denying them immortality, discouraging chaotic actions.


Brancacci Chapel

Moreover, the commissioning patron's exile in 1436 hindered any possibility of the frescos completion by other artists; in fact, it is probable that some parts already painted by Masaccio were removed as a sort of damnatio memoriae, because of their portraiture of the Brancacci family members.

Ignatius of Moscow

Due to his active role in the installation of False Dmitriy I to the Moscow throne and later conversion to the Unia, Ignatius has suffered from damnatio memoriae in subsequent ages and often is not counted among the legitimate patriarchs by the Russian Orthodox Church.


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