Tag: Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo
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1 Religious Icon, Stefano di Giovanni, detto il Sassetta’s Madonna of the Snow, with footnotes #13
White, soft, icy snow is a rare sight in the Mediterranean city of Rome during winter, let alone during summer. Yet, according to tradition, the founding of one of Rome’s most important Catholic churches took place on an extraordinary snowfall day in August of 352. On August 5 of 352, a wealthy Roman nobleman and…