Santa Maria della Vittoria


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Chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The marble relief altarpiece features Simon Stock, whom the Carmelites venerate as a saint although the Roman martyrology lists him only as a beatus. He is shown Receiving the Brown Scapular from Our Lady , a mythical event created by a Carmelite forger of documents in the late Middle Ages. The sculpture is by Alfonso Balzico, 1860, and is possibly his best work.

Related links:  Simon Stock (d.1265)
Alfonso Balzico (1825-1901)

(Photo borrowed from internet)