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San Zeno Chapel - Santa Prassede Other Title(s) San Zeno Chapel - Santa Prassede Title San Zeno Chapel Entrance Record Type work Type of Work Architecture; Architectural mosaics Material Glass, colored stone ") and gold leaf mosaic tile Date 9th c Location Rome, Italy Style Italo-Byzantine Period Medieval Culture Italian Description/Notes See: http://roma.katolsk.no/prassede.htm "The Chapel of St Zen." built on a cruciform plan, has...mosaics depicting the Blessed Virgin and saints on the inner arch and Christ and the Apostles on the outer."" The chapel was built by Pope St Paschal I in honour of his mother Theodora, and as her burial place, to enshrine the relics of St Zeno and St Valentine, which were brought here from the catacombs. The plan of the chapel imitates a cubiculum (small room) in the catacombs. The lintel and columns at the entrance are ancient spolia." Rights - Deposited Image Charles K. Growdon and Marcia Cohn Growdon Larger Entity Santa Prassede View View of Mosaic-decorated entrance from the nave UNR Accession # 06-MCG-0036-IT

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