Santo Stefano Rotondo al Celio


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Chapel of Sts Primus and Felician
In front of the apse stands an altar designed and erected by Filippo Barigioni in 1736, after the relics of the titular saints had been examined and re-enshrined. The altar is in peperino marbles and jasper with a round center field of porphyry containing a text about the relics of the martyrs. In each side there is a slab of Cipollino marble. The short sides of the altar are decorated with inlaid pieces of marble in black and gray and at the back there is a coat of arms for Cardinal Antonio Saverio Gentili, who was titular cardinalat that time.