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AP Photo Cappella Paolina(Restoration
If you have ever been to Rome or plan to, you know that visiting the art museums and churches is one of the highlights of being there. While there, most visitors go to St. Peter’s Basilica as well as Vatican City, which contain some of the finest art in the world. There one will find the famous Sistine Chapel as well as other glorious places of worship. Another one of these is the Pauline Chapel.
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AP Photo: Michaelangelo’s Crucifixion of St. Peter fresco
After being hidden under scaffolding for five years, the Vatican has unveiled the restored Cappella Paolina, the Pauline Chapel. Named after Pope Paul III who commissioned it to be built in 1537, it is located in the Apostolic Palace in Rome. The marvelous structure contains the last murals that Michelangelo created.
One mural depicts the crucifixion of St. Peter. Tradition has it that he didn’t feel worthy to be crucified in the same manner as Our Lord and requested that he be crucified upside down. The other mural is Michelangelo’s portrayal of the conversion of St. Paul on the Road to Damascus, where he encountered the glorified Jesus who asked Paul why he was persecuting Him. Before his conversion, Paul was an ardent persecutor of those first Christians. After that encounter, he became the greatest missionary for the Christian faith.
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AP Photo Cappella Paolina(Restoration
If you have ever been to Rome or plan to, you know that visiting the art museums and churches is one of the highlights of being there. While there, most visitors go to St. Peter’s Basilica as well as Vatican City, which contain some of the finest art in the world. There one will find the famous Sistine Chapel as well as other glorious places of worship. Another one of these is the Pauline Chapel.
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AP Photo: Michaelangelo’s Crucifixion of St. Peter fresco
After being hidden under scaffolding for five years, the Vatican has unveiled the restored Cappella Paolina, the Pauline Chapel. Named after Pope Paul III who commissioned it to be built in 1537, it is located in the Apostolic Palace in Rome. The marvelous structure contains the last murals that Michelangelo created.
One mural depicts the crucifixion of St. Peter. Tradition has it that he didn’t feel worthy to be crucified in the same manner as Our Lord and requested that he be crucified upside down. The other mural is Michelangelo’s portrayal of the conversion of St. Paul on the Road to Damascus, where he encountered the glorified Jesus who asked Paul why he was persecuting Him. Before his conversion, Paul was an ardent persecutor of those first Christians. After that encounter, he became the greatest missionary for the Christian faith.
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