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Early in his pontificate, Alexander knew he would need a monumental tomb to immortalize him; like his predecessors he commissioned the celebrated artist Bernini. The papal diary first mentions the monument as early as August 9, 1656. [7] After his death, the project was directed and paid for by Alexander's nephew, Cardinal Flavio Chigi. [8]
Pope Alexander VII (Italian: Alessandro VII; 13 February 1599 – 22 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667. [1] [2] He began his career as a vice-papal legate, and he held various diplomatic positions in the Holy See.
The term Pontifex Maximus is commonly found in inscriptions on buildings, paintings, statues, and coins about the popes, and is usually abbreviated as "Pont Max" or "P.M" (the popes began to use the title of supreme pontiff in the Italian Renaissance, [26] from then on, the abbreviations "Pont Max" and "P M" appear several times, as in the ...
Its use has been abandoned by Pope Paul VI and his successors. The Ring of the Fisherman a gold ring decorated with a depiction of St. Peter in a boat casting his net, with the name of the reigning Pope around it. The Papal ferula is a staff topped by an erect crucifix. The use of the papal ferula is an ancient custom, established before the ...
Augustus as pontifex maximus (Via Labicana Augustus) <-. The pontifex maximus (Latin for "supreme pontiff" [1] [2] [3]) was the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs (Collegium Pontificum) in ancient Rome.
The inner façade was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Alexander VII and it was released on the occasion of the arrival in Rome of the abdicant queen Christina of Sweden, on December 23, 1655: the occurrence is commemorated by the inscription carved on the attic of the inner façade together with the coats of arm of the Pope's family (the six-pieces mount under the eight-rays star ...
Borgia was elected on 11 August 1492 and assumed the name of Alexander VI (due to confusion about the status of Pope Alexander V, elected by the Council of Pisa). Many inhabitants of Rome were happy with their new pope because he was a generous and competent administrator who had served for decades as vice-chancellor.
max / posvit / anno domini / mdclv Innocent X Pontifex Maximus erected in the year of the Lord 1655 the new prison for justice, for clemency and for a safer and more humane custody of the guilty When the pope died in January 1655 the building was not complete, but his successor Alexander VII (r. 1655-1667) completed its construction.