Saturday, January 21, 2023

Arca di Sant'Ottaviano

Marble sarcophagus by Raffaello di Andrea Cioli, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Piazza San Giovanni, Volterra

Marble sarcophagus by Raffaello di Andrea Cioli, 1522
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
(Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta)
Piazza San Giovanni
Volterra, September 2021

“In the first chapel, the Chapel of Saint Ottaviano, the relics of this saint are kept in a marble sarcophagus to the right of the altar, sculpted by Raffaello di Andrea Cioli. It was commissioned in 1522 to thank the saint for his intervention in stopping an epidemic of the plague; the candle holders depicting angels are by Andrea Ferrucci.” (Volterra Cathedral, Wikipedia)

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