1942 Tullio Rossi (1903/97) with the architect Federico Fornari for Pius XII Pacelli (1939/58)
COUNTER
FAÇADE
Triptych “St.
Emerentiana in glory” 1944 by Olga Biancitti
APSE
Impressive
mosaic “Triumph of the Church in the
World” 1968 by the Capuchin Father Silvio Alessandri
aka Ugolino da Belluno (1919/2002)
The mosaic
covers an area of 523 m² (5,630 square feet) more than twice that of the Last Judgment
by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel (about 200 m²)
About 12
tons of material (13.2 tons) were used for the mosaic
Among the
characters represented in the adoring crowd there are also Bobby Kennedy and
Martin Luther King both in the left group
“The
immense Cross serving as a backdrop for the whole composition, through the
multidimensional plans, stands for the cosmic mystery of redemption. Even
inanimate nature, fallen under the curse of sin, has participated of the fruits
of the Passion and Death of Christ (animals and the stars, arranged with
abstract rhythm, around the clypeus surrounding the cross at the top,
effectively represent the totality of the non-human world). The fruits of
redemption, Grace and Truth are poured out like Pentecostal Fire across
humanity that received the word of Christ through the Holy Scriptures
symbolized by the four Evangelists at the foot of the Risen Christ. God's
people, made up of persons of every race and condition, is cemented by the
grace of baptism in a profound unity, and this is all arranged on the same
level. But in the Church there is a variety of grades and functions. Hierarchy
has, according to the will of Jesus, the task of leading the people of God and
of authentically interpreting the revealed word: it is therefore at the center,
as the hub of the visible unity of the Church, and closes the vertical line
going from the Father and the Holy Spirit through the Word made flesh,
testified to us by the four Evangelists” (Don Eutizio Fanano - Web Site of
Santa Emerenziana - www.santaemerenziana.org )
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