Editing Michelangelo (section)

===Faith===
Michelangelo was a devout Catholic whose faith deepened at the end of his life.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crucifixion by Michelangelo, a drawing in black chalk |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/europe/michelangelos_drawings/crucifixion_by_michelangelo,_a.aspx |work=[[The British Museum]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015050539/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/europe/michelangelos_drawings/crucifixion_by_michelangelo,_a.aspx |archive-date=15 October 2015 |access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref> Along with Raphael, he was enrolled in the [[Secular Franciscan Order]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Are there any well-known or famous Secular Franciscans? | website=Secular Franciscan Order – USA | date=25 Apr 2023 | url=https://www.secularfranciscansusa.org/faq-items/are-there-any-well-known-or-famous-secular-franciscans/ | access-date=5 Mar 2024}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=March 2024}}

His poetry includes the following closing lines from what is known as poem 285 (written in 1554): "Neither painting nor sculpture will be able any longer to calm my soul, now turned toward that divine love that opened his arms on the cross to take us in."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arthum.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/PDFs/arthum_michel_reader.pdf |title=Michelangelo, Selected Poems |access-date=24 October 2018 |page=20 |work=[[Columbia University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.michelangelo-gallery.com/poems.aspx |title=Michelangelo's Poetry |translator-first=H.W. |translator-last=Longfellow |work=Michelangelo Gallery |publisher=Studio of the South |access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref>