San Bartolomeo all'Isola
- detail, Bartholomew, from the upper right of the Maestà by Duccio, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
I read today about San Bartolomeo all'Isola, the basilica in Rome on Tiber Island, which contains the relics of St. Bartholomew the Apostle.
- a 1593 print of Tiber Island
- Façade of San Bartolomeo all'Isola
- interior
posted by crystal | 2:43 PM
5 Comments:
That's Rome for you -- too much stuff. I walked by that church several times and I never knew it had the relics of St Bart.
Hi Laim :)
Wikipedia says his arm is in Canterbury Cathedral and part of his skull in Frankfurt - there's a bit of him everywhere.
There are some advantages in sitting under a fig tree! Don't you think crystal? :)
Hi Victor,
Yes :)
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