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4 unusual facts about San Silvestro


Gaspare Diziani

He also painted three frescoes on the Life of Saint Helena in the Scuola del Vin next to the church of San Silvestro.

Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola

In 1271, Guy and Simon discovered that their cousin Henry of Almain (son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall) was in Viterbo at the church of San Silvestro.

San Silvestro, Venice

Penny, Nicholas, National Gallery Catalogues (new series): The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings, Volume II, Venice 1540-1600, 2008, National Gallery Publications Ltd, ISBN 1857099133

The Adoration of the Magi by Paolo Veronese is a large oil painting on canvas painted for the church in 1573 which has been in the National Gallery, London since the church sold it in 1855, presumably to finance the rebuilding.



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