Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( 1525 – 2 February 1594) was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition. He had a lasting influence on the development of church music, and his work is considered as the culmination of Renaissance polyphony.
Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina
The current Bishop of Palestrina is Domenico Sigalini, who from 3 November 2010, until 5 April 2014, was also appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to be the general ecclesiastical assistant of Italian Catholic Action.