Artist: Byzantine style

Date: Late 500s

 

• The church of Pelagius II (578-590) in 578 originally faced this direction which is why the mosaic is on this side

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• From left is Pope Pelagius II, St. Lawrence, St. Peter, Jesus, St. Paul, St. Stephen, and Hippolytus. Pope Pelagius II, who built this church, gives a miniature to Jesus. Hippolytus was in charge of the jail that held St. Lawrence. He holds a crown because he converted and then was also martyred. On the far left is Jerusalem and on the far right is Bethlehem. The inscription below notes that Pelagius II built this church