Saturday, October 13, 2018

St. CALLISTUS


S. CALLISTO
741 on the site of the martyrdom of St. Callistus
According to tradition, St. Callistus was found here during the persecutions of Alexander Severus (222/235), he was thrown from a window and then drowned in a well, which is still preserved in the garden of the convent, the St. Callistus Palace
Rebuilt 1610 by Orazio Torriani (about 1601/about 1657)

CHAPEL ON THE RIGHT
Two sculptures “Angels” about 1657 maybe by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598/1680) holding the altarpiece “St. Maurus Abbot” by Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674/1755)
MAIN ALTAR
“St. Callistus and others worship the Virgin” by Avanzino Nucci (1552/1629)

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