[image ALT: Much of my site will be useless to you if you've got the images turned off!]

Peace Does not Come Free

From the façade of the church.

Our good bishop wields his crozier in his left hand, using it to transfix the devil, or one of his creatures at least; in his right, the book he holds announces peace to the faithful: PAX VOBIS. Iconographically, this is very similar to the Great Seal of the United States, where the eagle holds the olive branch in his right talon and the arrows of war in his left.

On the frame to our right, the sculptor has signed his work; but all I can make out so far is . . . FECit: ". . . made this."

Images with borders lead to more information.
The thicker the border, the more information. (Details here.)

Thanks to Fr. Luigi Bonollo, pastor of S. Giovanni for providing much encouragement.

SEE
ALSO:

UP TO:

Foligno

Umbria

Italy

Home

A page or image on this site is in the public domain ONLY if its URL has a total of one *asterisk. If the URL has two **asterisks, the item is copyright someone else, and used by permission or fair use. If the URL has none the item is © Bill Thayer.