File:Sanctuary Wall and Apse.jpg

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English: he apse contains a fresco commissioned by Pope Paul I (757-67), depicting Christ in Majesty. He is depicted enthroned, and being venerated by the pope with a square halo (hence alive when this was painted). Christ is (apparently) accompanied by two tetramorphs.

The back wall of the sanctuary, around the apse, has a very impressive but badly preserved fresco cycle commissioned by Pope John. The left hand side, flanking the apse, has been almost completely destroyed but is presumed to have matched the right hand side.

Above the apse is a monumental fresco, the left half now destroyed but fairly intact when it was discovered in 1702. Christ crucified is in the centre, and above him are the choirs of angels. A Greek epigraph is to the right of the cross, quoting Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah. The nations on earth are represented at the bottom.
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