Gesicht eines mittelalterlichen Klerikers mit Mitra, der vermutlich Papst Gregor I., auch bekannt als St. Gregor der große (540-604 n. Chr.), darstellt, der Missionare nach England schickte. Mittelalterliches Fresko auf einer Säule mit Kirchenschiff in der Chiesa di San Giorgio in Varenna am Comer See, Lombardei, Italien. Die Kirche wurde 1250 begonnen und 1313 geweiht.
2848 x 2848 px | 24,1 x 24,1 cm | 9,5 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
20. Juni 2008
Ort:
Varenna, Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy.
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Varenna, Lombardy, Italy: face of a medieval cleric wearing a mitre and the robes of a bishop. Medieval fresco painted on a nave pillar in the Chiesa di San Giorgio (Church of St George). It probably depicts Pope Gregory I, also known as Saint Gregory the Great, who lived from about 540 to 604 AD and was Bishop of Rome for the last 13 years of his life. St Gregory, a prolific writer and talented administrator, gave his name to the Gregorian Mission, aimed at converting mostly pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. He sent Augustine of Canterbury and Paulinus of York to England as missionaries, and under his papal rule, he saw Franks, Lombards and Visigoths align their religion with Rome. A column on the opposite side of the nave bears a painting, in similar Lombardic style and probably by the same artist, of a golden-haired woman, possibly Theodelinda or Teodelinda (c. 570-628 AD), queen of the Lombards, who ruled a northern Italian realm stretching from the Apennines to the Alps for about 35 years. The church, in Piazza San Giorgio, was consecrated in 1313 for the inhabitants of this picturesque village on the eastern shores of the Lago di Como. It was built in Late Romanesque and Early Gothic style, with three naves and a large western oculus or rose window lighting the interior. Other ancient frescoes preserved here range from a Late Romanesque depiction of Hell, with a giant Satan devouring a soul, to a 1467 polyptych by Jo Pietro de' Brentanis or Brentani featuring the Madonna and Child enthroned, between saints Peter and George. D0648.A7755
