Santo Stefano Rotondo al Celio


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The Martyrdom of St Cecilia, Pope Urban, Maximus and Pope Pontian
The sixteenth fresco. It is Santa Cecilia, who sits in the middle of the picture in a pot that is bubbling over a strong fire (A). Behind, Pope Urban is beheaded (B), while Maximus is tortured on the left side (C) and Pope Pontian is taken away on a ship on the right side (D). Above the fresco is the text "Per. ignem. et. aquam. in refri gerium. Ps.LXV".

Related links:  Cecilia (2nd cent.)
Urban I. (3rd cent.)
Maximus of Aveia (3rd cent.)
Pontian (3rd cent.)