Cesare Benedetti (footballer, born October 1920)

Cesare Benedetti
Personal information
Date of birth (1920-10-24)24 October 1920
Place of birth Treviso, Italy
Date of death 9 July 2002(2002-07-09) (aged 81)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1941 Treviso 75 (2)
1941–1943 Roma 12 (1)
1943–1945 Treviso
1945–1946 Roma 6 (0)
1946–1948 Salernitana 56 (?)
1948–1949 Treviso 12 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cesare Benedetti (24 October 1920 – 9 July 2002) was an Italian football player and a painter.

Football

He played for 3 seasons (37 games, 1 goal) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and Salernitana Calcio 1919, winning the Serie A in the 1940/41 season with Roma.

Painting

After retirement as a footballer, he became a noted painter. He was accepted at the House of Grimaldi, painting portraits of Grace Kelly, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Caroline, Princess of Hanover and other dignitaries. He painted in the United States as well (including the portrait of Caroline Kennedy at 4 years of age). He also painted portraits of several Popes, including Pope John XXIII, Pope Pius XII, Pope Paul VI and a two-meters-high portrait of Pope John Paul II that hangs in the hall of the Treviso Cathedral,[1][2] earning himself the nickname "Painter of Popes" ("pittore dei Papi").

References

  1. ^ "Papa Wojtyla beatificato Esposto a Sant'Agnese il ritratto di Benè - Agenda - Tribuna di Treviso". Tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Ritratto del Papa in Duomo - la tribuna di Treviso". Archivio - la tribuna di Treviso (in Italian). 8 April 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2025.

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