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S. MARIA DELLA PACE
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of the sanctuary is the finely-sculptured tomb of Pope Adrian VI
of Utrecht1 (d. 1523), designed by Baldassare Peruzzi.2
Opposite is the tomb of Charles Frederick, Duke ot Cleves
(d. 1575)-
Attached to the church is a hospice, or home for German
pilgrims, now partly converted into an ecclesiastical college.
The services on Sundays and feast-days are impressive, and the
choral singing excellent.
The church and college are under the protection of the
Emperor of Austria.
310.—S. MARIA DELLA PACE-S. TOMMASO JN PARIONE.
Behind S. Maria dell’ Anima is the Church of S. Maria
della Pace, “ Our Lady of Peace,” erected by Sixtus IV (1471—-
1484) in fulfilment of a vow he had made for the restoration of
peace and concord among Christian princes ; and restored by
Alexander VII (1655—1667) in thanksgiving for the blessing
of peace during his Pontificate. The architect was Baccio
Pintelli, the semi-circular portico being added by Pietro da
Cortona.
The interior consists of a short nave, terminating in an
octagon, surmounted by a dome. Under the high altar are the
bodies of SS. Basilissa and Anastasia, martyrs, disciples of
St. Peter ;3 and over the altar is a miraculous picture of our
Lady, brought here from the wall of a neighbouring tavern in
the fifteenth century. The story is told that a ruffian, in a fit
of anger at some loss in a game, hurled a dagger at the
holy picture, the point of which struck the face, whence blood
was seen to flow.
Above the arch of the first chapel, on the right as we enter,
is Raphael’s famous fresco of the Sibyls (Cumaean, Persian,
Phrygian, and Tiburtine), receiving from angels revelations
regarding our Saviour. It was ordered in 1514 by the banker,
Agostino Chigi, the artist’s protector and friend. Michael
Angelo is reported to have said that every head in this picture
was worth one hundred crowns.
St. Augustine, speaking of a prophecy by the Cumaan Sibyl
of our Saviour’s coming, says there is no trace of idolatrous
belief in her utterances ; that, on the contrary, she reprobates
1 This Pope had been the preceptor of the Emperor Charles V.
2 The Bishop of Salford, in an article to the Dublin Review, 1904,
draws an interesting contrast between Adrian VI and Pius X.
3 See No. 2.
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of the sanctuary is the finely-sculptured tomb of Pope Adrian VI
of Utrecht1 (d. 1523), designed by Baldassare Peruzzi.2
Opposite is the tomb of Charles Frederick, Duke ot Cleves
(d. 1575)-
Attached to the church is a hospice, or home for German
pilgrims, now partly converted into an ecclesiastical college.
The services on Sundays and feast-days are impressive, and the
choral singing excellent.
The church and college are under the protection of the
Emperor of Austria.
310.—S. MARIA DELLA PACE-S. TOMMASO JN PARIONE.
Behind S. Maria dell’ Anima is the Church of S. Maria
della Pace, “ Our Lady of Peace,” erected by Sixtus IV (1471—-
1484) in fulfilment of a vow he had made for the restoration of
peace and concord among Christian princes ; and restored by
Alexander VII (1655—1667) in thanksgiving for the blessing
of peace during his Pontificate. The architect was Baccio
Pintelli, the semi-circular portico being added by Pietro da
Cortona.
The interior consists of a short nave, terminating in an
octagon, surmounted by a dome. Under the high altar are the
bodies of SS. Basilissa and Anastasia, martyrs, disciples of
St. Peter ;3 and over the altar is a miraculous picture of our
Lady, brought here from the wall of a neighbouring tavern in
the fifteenth century. The story is told that a ruffian, in a fit
of anger at some loss in a game, hurled a dagger at the
holy picture, the point of which struck the face, whence blood
was seen to flow.
Above the arch of the first chapel, on the right as we enter,
is Raphael’s famous fresco of the Sibyls (Cumaean, Persian,
Phrygian, and Tiburtine), receiving from angels revelations
regarding our Saviour. It was ordered in 1514 by the banker,
Agostino Chigi, the artist’s protector and friend. Michael
Angelo is reported to have said that every head in this picture
was worth one hundred crowns.
St. Augustine, speaking of a prophecy by the Cumaan Sibyl
of our Saviour’s coming, says there is no trace of idolatrous
belief in her utterances ; that, on the contrary, she reprobates
1 This Pope had been the preceptor of the Emperor Charles V.
2 The Bishop of Salford, in an article to the Dublin Review, 1904,
draws an interesting contrast between Adrian VI and Pius X.
3 See No. 2.