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Main Altar
Artist: Bernardino Cametti
Date: 1725
• The statue is St. Rasius
• St. Anastasius and St. Rasius, the statues on either side of the altar, were Roman martyrs. They are both wearing priestly vestments although little is known of their lives
• In 1675 it was determined that of all the bones of the saints that were originally brought to the pagan pantheon to reconsecrate it as a Christian church, only the bones of these saints were identifiable because they were in a unique casket. Pope Clement X (1670-1676) placed them in the main altar and gave these aedicules to honor them
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