Created by

Jonas Carlson Almqvist

Completed on

4/13/2004 12:00:00 AM

About this Project

St Peters basilica - The Chapel of St. Sebastian, named after the subject of the mosaic above the altar, immediately follows. It was completed by Pier Paolo Cristofari after a drawing by Domenico Zampieri, better known as Domenichino (1581-1641). Below the altar the body of Bl. Innocent XI (1676-

1689) is preserved in a crystal casket. In this chapel we also find two modern works. On the right is the statue of Pius XI (1922-1939), the first sovereign of Vatican City State which was created in 1929 as a result of the Lateran Pact. The statue was made by Francesco Nagni (1897-1977) in 1949.

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