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San Claudio

[image ALT: A wall painting of a robed man, haloed and wearing a sort of scarf draped from the top of his head around one side to his neck; he holds in his right hand a combination hammer and pick, and in his left a T‑square. It is a 15c fresco of St. Claudius in the church of S. Claudio in Spello, Umbria (central Italy).]

St. Claudius: a particularly unpleasant 15c depiction, with mason's square and pick-axe. School of Foligno, easily identifiable by the background in imitation of brocade.

Spello, church of S. Claudio: N side of the nave, E side of the first pillar.

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Thanks to the Pinacoteca Civica di Spello

• for opening to the general public all the minor churches and monuments in town as part of their excellent Aug 1997 program, "Viviamo la nostra città";

• for staffing each of them with student guides, often enthusiastic and sometimes very knowledgeable;

• and for providing careful fact sheets, authored by Stefano Felicetti and Giulio Proietti Bocchini, from which I drew much of the detailed information you see here about this church.

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