Pope Sylvester I
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| - | [[Image:Tommaso.Laureti.Triumph.of.Christianity.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Triumph of Christianity]]'' by [[Tommaso Laureti]] (1530-1602), ceiling painting in the [[Sala di Constantino]], [[Apostolic Palace|Vatican Palace]]. Images like this one celebrate the destruction of ancient [[Paganism|pagan]] culture and the victory of [[Christianity]].]] | ||
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| - | ''[[Triumph of Christianity]]''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0_Triomphe_du_christianisme_-_Sala_di_Costantino_-_Vatican.JPG] (also known as '''Triumph of the Cross''') is a [[ceiling painting]] in the [[Sala di Constantino]], one of the [[Raphael Rooms]] in the [[Apostolic Palace]], painted by [[Tommaso Laureti]] (1530-1602). Images like this celebrate the [[destruction]] of ancient [[Paganism|pagan]] culture and the [[victory]] of [[Christianity]]. The painting depicts an ancient statue of the god [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] lying broken on the ground. | ||
| - | The fresco is in the largest of the four Raphael Rooms, the ''Sala di Costantino'' ("Hall of Constantine"). Its paintings were not begun until [[Pope Julius]] and indeed, [[Raphael]] himself had died. The room is dedicated to the [[victory of Christianity over paganism]]. Its frescoes represent this struggle from the life of the Roman Emperor [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine]], and are the work of Giulio Romano, Gianfrancesco Penni and Raffaellino del Colle. Because they are not by the master himself, the frescos are less famous than works in the neighboring rooms. Continuing a long tradition of flattery, Raphael's assistants gave the features of the current pontiff, [[Clement VII]], to [[Pope Sylvester I|Pope Sylvester]] in the paintings. | + | '''Pope Sylvester I''' was [[pope]] from 31 January 314 to 31 December 335, succeeding [[Pope Miltiades]]. He filled the [[See of Rome]] at an important era in the history of the [[Catholic Church]], yet very little is known of him. The accounts of his [[papacy]] preserved in the ''[[Liber Pontificalis]]'' (7th or 8th century) contain little more than a record of the gifts said to have been conferred on the Church by [[Constantine I]], but it does say that he was the son of a Roman named Rufinus. |
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| - | == See also == | + | *[[List of 10 longest-reigning popes]] |
| - | *[[Raphael_Rooms#Sala_di_Costantino]] | + | *[[Pope Sylvester II]] |
| - | *[[Christianity and Paganism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Christianization]] | + | |
| - | *[[Early Christianity]] | + | |
| - | *[[History of Christianity]] | + | |
| - | *[[Triumphalism]] | + | |
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Pope Sylvester I was pope from 31 January 314 to 31 December 335, succeeding Pope Miltiades. He filled the See of Rome at an important era in the history of the Catholic Church, yet very little is known of him. The accounts of his papacy preserved in the Liber Pontificalis (7th or 8th century) contain little more than a record of the gifts said to have been conferred on the Church by Constantine I, but it does say that he was the son of a Roman named Rufinus.
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