Artist: Giovanni di Stefano

Date: 1367 ca; 1846-1878

 

• There is a story that the upper part of this altar is a wood altar that was used by St. Peter and the early popes

 

• The white marble altar was the gift of Pope Urban V (1362-1370) and thus has his coat of arms in the center. It was later refinished by Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)

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