Friday, April 24, 2015

More Sacred Sculptures from the Vatican

Some more from the show of reliquaries and other liturgical objects currently going on at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
Three 15th-century processional crosses in silver and copper, partially gilded.
Reliquary in the form of an angel, mid 15th-century, from the Museum of the Duomo of Viterbo
Reliquary bust of Pope St Sixtus II (257-58), mid 15th-century, from the Museum of the Duomo of Viterbo
Reliquary bust of Saint Lituardo, patron Saint of the city of Tarquinia, mid 15th-century. From the Tarquinia diocese Museum of Sacred Art.
Statue of St Michael the Archangel in silver and gilded bronze, from the Museum of the Abbey of Montecassino
Silver reliquary of St Hippolytus, first half of the 18th-century, from the church of St Andrew in Vetralla
Reliquary bust of Pope St Clement I (ca. 92-99), silver, copper and gilded bronze, from the diocesan museum of Velletri 
Reliquary bust of St Terentian, bishop of the city of Todi in Umbria, and martyred in the second century, patron of the city of Capranica, From the church of the Assumption in Capranica. 

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