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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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