MOSAIC ARTIST, Italian
(active 820s in Rome)

Christ's Second Coming

822
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Santa Prassede, Rome

The apse mosaic depicts Christ's Second Coming, with Christ flanked by Sts Peter and Paul, who present Praxedes and Pudentiana to God. Pope Paschal, with the square halo of the living, is featured presenting a model of the church to Christ.




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