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Monument to Pope Leo XII
Monument to Pope Leo XII
Monument to Pope Leo XII (1835-6) by Giuseppe de Fabris
(Annibale Sermattei della Genga, Spoleto, b.1760/r.1823-9)
The monument to Pope Leo XIII is the work of the sculptor Giuseppe de Fabris (1790-1860). Barely visible behind the pope are the four cardinals who commissioned the monument. The two figures reclining on the arch represent Religion and Justice.
When Cardinal della Genga was elected pope he tried to decline, citing ill-health as the reason. He told his fellow cardinals, “You are electing a dead man”. For a man who claimed to be on the point of death, he managed to soldier on for another six years.
(Annibale Sermattei della Genga, Spoleto, b.1760/r.1823-9)
The monument to Pope Leo XIII is the work of the sculptor Giuseppe de Fabris (1790-1860). Barely visible behind the pope are the four cardinals who commissioned the monument. The two figures reclining on the arch represent Religion and Justice.
When Cardinal della Genga was elected pope he tried to decline, citing ill-health as the reason. He told his fellow cardinals, “You are electing a dead man”. For a man who claimed to be on the point of death, he managed to soldier on for another six years.
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- Pope Paul III
- Pope Gregory XIII
- Pope Gregory XIV
- Pope Leo XI
- Pope Urban VIII
- Pope Alexander VII
- Pope Clement X
- Pope Innocent XI
- Pope Alexander VIII
- Pope Innocent XII
- Pope Benedict XIV
- Pope Clement XIII
- Pope Pius VII
- Pope Leo XII
- Pope Pius VIII
- Pope Gregory XVI
- Pope Pius X
- Pope Benedict XV
- Pope Pius XI
- Pope Pius XII
- Pope John XXIII
- The Stuarts
- Portico >
- Pieta
- Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
- Cathedra Petri
- Crossing >
- St Peter
- Chapel of the Choir
- Chapel of the Baptistery
- Nave
-
Fountains
- Trevi Fountain
- Fontana della Barcaccia
- Fountain of the Triton
- Fountain of the Bees
- Fountain of Moses
- Fountain of the Four Rivers
- Fountain of the Acqua Paola
- Fountain of the Turtles
- Fountain of the Naiads
- Fountain of the Cannonball
- Piazza del Popolo
- Fountain of the Pantheon
- Fountains of Piazza Farnese
- Fountain of Goddess Roma
- Rioni Fountains
- Street Fountains
- Venice Marries the Sea
- St Peter's Square
- Fountain of the Moor
- Fountain of Neptune
- Fountain of the Porter
- Fountain of the Seahorses
- Mosaics