Stock Photo: Altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 1578
Altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the right transept of St. Peter's Basilica. The central icon is a 12th-century fresco brought here by Pope Gregory XIII in 1578. The altar was designed by G. Muziano (1528-92) and contains rare alabaster, amethysts and other semi-precious stones, and four columns of African marble and green porphyry. Below the altar in a porphyry urn are the remains of the theologian St. Gregory of Nazianzus (d. 390), one of the Cappadocian fathers.
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Image Details
- Photo ID
- 5792
- Title
- Altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 1578
- Caption
- Altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the right transept of St. Peter's Basilica. The central icon is a 12th-century fresco brought here by Pope Gregory XIII in 1578. The altar was designed by G. Muziano (1528-92) and contains rare alabaster, amethysts and other semi-precious stones, and four columns of African marble and green porphyry. Below the altar in a porphyry urn are the remains of the theologian St. Gregory of Nazianzus (d. 390), one of the Cappadocian fathers.
- Credit
- David Joyal
- Status
- All Rights Reserved
- Date Created
- July 17, 2006
- Date Added
- May 25, 2010
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2024
- Coordinates
- 41.9021810° N, 12.4533460° E
- Camera
- Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
- Focal Length
- 17 mm
- ISO
- 1600
- File Size
- 5.43 MB
- Full Resolution
- 2034 x 3075 pixels
