Monumento Sepolcrale di Meriaduca Cicala nella Chiesa di S. Giovanni di Geneveai

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Title

Monumento Sepolcrale di Meriaduca Cicala nella Chiesa di S. Giovanni di Geneveai

Subject

TABLE XCII
SEPULCHRAL TOMB OF MERIADUCA CICALA
In the Church of Saint Giovanni of Genoa

Description

TAVOLA XCII
When there are men who come together and decide who to honor with these monuments, in sculpture and with golden letters on their tombstones, those who are chosen have most distinguished themselves by their religion and their loyalty and love to their neighbors. All of these virtues describe Meriaduca Cicala, who is buried here, who was enlivened by a lively faith second to none, and in spirit, which all virtuous Christians possess, especially in the love of our neighbors and God, who our most holy religion teaches us to simultaneously love. When the eminent virtues that accompanied the life of the illustrious deceased and the merciful deceased advised the holy Pope Sixtus IV to appoint him to the guardian of the apostolic tax, the love of the next part of another true Christian that burned in his chest and urged him to build a hospital to feed and house poor sailors. He knew how to rouse the mind of the lowest suffering of this world, and fulfill their divine precepts and then rushes to receive his reward in the home of the blessed.
Artistically, this monument is considered to have no shortage of beautiful virtues, both for the decorations that adorn the pillars and the cornice above the other, and the urn lies on top of the body of the deceased. At the top of the interpillar is the scultanel, which shows the image of the Mother of God, who is holding the holy child in her arms. The artist placed Giovanni, the forerunner of Christ and his most beloved disciple, holding a cross, a chalice and a book. The base contains the epigraph and on its sides is the information of the family of Genoese patrician buried here.

Creator

Drawn by Francesco M. Tosi

Publisher

Presso l'Editore Proprietario

Date

15th and 16th Sculpture

Contributor

Unknown Donor

Rights

Geneseo Foundation

Relation

Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 5

Format

20 x 16

Language

Italian

Type

Print

Identifier

Italian Monuments in Rome created during the 15th and 16th Century

Coverage

Prints were made circa 1835 to 1860

Files

IMG_6019_edited.jpg

Citation

Drawn by Francesco M. Tosi , “Monumento Sepolcrale di Meriaduca Cicala nella Chiesa di S. Giovanni di Geneveai,” LLB Galleries, accessed March 28, 2024, https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/items/show/324.