St. Aloyzius Gonzaga in Glory, Sant'Ignazio, Rome

Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 9 April 2008 in Art & Design.

Pierre Legros made this bigger-than-life marble relief of the Apotheosis of Aloysius Gonzaga. Gonzaga's biography is very interesting: his early interest in religion and the resultant conflict between him and his father can be compared to the coming of age of today's nerds.

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