SCENES FROM THE LIFE

SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF SAINT ALEXIS – FRESCO DATED AFTER 1080 – UNDERGROUND BASILICA OF SAINT CLEMENT, ROME

The Pope wearing a white Phrygian on his head and the sacred pallium, of which one may glimpse the backwards falling corner, wears a splendid silken chasuble adorned with circular golden motifs decorated in various ways (orbiculi).

The personage on horseback and the two youths who follow him are clothed in rich civilian garb.

The saint in attired in a modest sacred tunic made of linen and carries a pilgrims’ staff.