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Sacristy
Artist: Andrea Sacchi
Date: 1640
• The painting is Christ Crucified and Four Saints
• This was the site of two Papal conclaves. Cardinals elected Pope Eugenius IV on March 3, 1431 and Pope Nicholas V on March 6, 1447
• Around 1630, Cardinal Antonio Barberini (1569-1646) had Andrea Sacchi renovate this space. This also involved moving here the room where St. Catherine of Siena died (April 29, 1380) from nearby Via. S. Chiara 14
• The walnut wardrobes are from the 1600s. Bees from the Barberini insignia are carved into them
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