Pope Stephen IX
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Pope Stephen IX was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 August 1057 to his death on 29 March 1058. He was a member of the Ardenne-Verdun family, who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine, an
Patriarch Michael enthroned, Madrid Skylitzes
Emperor Henry III and Empress Agnes kneeling before the Virgin Mary, Speyer Evangeliary
Pope Victor in the Pontifical of Gundekar
Stephen IX on a 19th-century religious card
Florence Cathedral
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Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Florence, Italy. Commenced in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design o
Pope Stephen IX
…and burial was held in the Church of Santa Reparata, at Florence, which was demolished in 1357 to make way for the construction of the new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore. During the excavations his tomb and incorrupt body, still wearing papal vestments, was discovered next to the altar of S. Zenobio, and identified by…
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore – Il Duomo di Firenze
The 19th century Neo-Gothic façade
The Cathedral as depicted in the Codex Rustici of 1447
The Duomo, as if completed, in a fresco by Andrea di Bonaiuto, painted in the 1360s, before the commencement of the dome