# Michelangelo dies in Rome on 18 February 1564 still architect of St Peter's

Date: 1564

## The fact

On 18 February 1564 [Michelangelo](/people/michelangelo) died in Rome still architect of St Peter's. Later Santa Croce is commemoration. 1565 drapes are not this death. Michelangelo's documented role is: He died in Rome. The body was later smuggled to Florence in the received story; Santa Croce burial is commemoration, not this death-day. Volterra's drapes are after.

## Context

Unnamed attendants share the death-room. Sharing that room with them is required. The setting of Michelangelo dies in Rome on 18 February 1564 still architect of St Peter's is the public file around 1564-02-18. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Michelangelo, death 18 February 1564 at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Casa Buonarroti — death and funeral heritage at https://casabuonarroti.it/ (Casa Buonarroti). Official carrier: Britannica — Michelangelo, death 18 February 1564 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Casa Buonarroti — death and funeral heritage (https://casabuonarroti.it/; Casa Buonarroti).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Michelangelo, death 18 February 1564 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from Michelangelo dies in Rome on 18 February 1564 still architect of St Peter's on 1564-02-18. Death in office closes the health file. Later tombs are not his act. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Michelangelo dies in Rome on 18 February 1564 still architect of St Peter's under 1564-02-18 for Michelangelo. Established: a sourced public record of Michelangelo dies in Rome on 18 February 1564 still architect of St Peter's under 1564-02-18.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not store Santa Croce's later monument as 18 February. Do not store 1565 drapes as his last act. Mixed effects of Michelangelo dies in Rome on 18 February 1564 still architect of St Peter's are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

The contribution type is direct. The attached driver is health-system-capacity. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Michelangelo dies in Rome on 18 February 1564 still architect of St Peter's. Naming Michelangelo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1564-02-18 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Michelangelo: https://factrail.ai/people/michelangelo

## Drivers

- Health-System Capacity: https://factrail.ai/drivers/health-system-capacity

## Sources

- https://casabuonarroti.it/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mic-death-1564