Enciclopedia Cattolica

PETRONILLA, SANTA

Petronilla, Saint

Volume IX · p. 782 · 1952

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Image from page 782
Image from page 782
PETRONILLA, santa - La defunta Veneranda con la margine S. P. Pittura della 2ª metà del sec. IV - Roma, cimitero di Domitilla.
PETRONILLA, santa - La defunta Veneranda con la margine S. P. Pittura della 2ª metà del sec. IV - Roma, cimitero di Domitilla.

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

PETRONILLA, Saint — The deceased Veneranda with the margin S. P. Painting from the 2nd half of the 4th century — Rome, Domitilla cemetery.

The altar with the tomb of the Saint, which is located in the Vatican Basilica. The aforementioned panel has been replaced in the sector with a copy made in mosaic; the original painting by Guercino is now preserved in Rome in the Capitoline Picture Gallery.

BIBL.: K. Künstle, *Ikonographie der Heiligen*, Freiburg in Br. 1926, pp. 492-93.