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Question

The Brancacci family had been patrons of a little chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence for generations and it was here that Masaccio painted his splendid fresco series based on ST PETER's leading role among the disciples if Jesus.

patrons在这里要怎么理解!???怎么翻译
最好全部翻译一下。谢谢

Answer 1

保护人。

布兰卡奇家族几代人一直是佛罗伦斯圣母胭脂红教堂小礼拜堂的保护人。正是在这里，马萨乔绘制了那幅辉煌的以圣彼得的耶酥门徒中主要人物为题材的系列壁画。