Sunday, July 21, 2024

CHAPEL OF OUR LADY - QUEEN OF THE HUNGARIANS at THE VATICAN in ROME : HUNGARIAN ARTISTS

SAINT PETER'S BASILICA = CHAPEL OF OUR LADY - QUEEN OF THE HUNGARIANS 

Quite a majestic project!

Excerpt: The walls are faced with travertine slabs and decorated with 20 white limestone panels representing the scenes from the lives of the Hungarian saints, who form a processon proceeding toward the Madonna.  The panels were made by Hungarian artists.  The figures of St.Adalbert, St Gerard, and Belssed Eusebius are by the sculptor Pal Ko.  St Elizabeth, st Margaret of Hungary and Blessed Gisela are by Sandor Kiss Blessed Kunegunde, Blessed Prisca and St Ladislaus the King, are by Andras Kiss Nagy.  Blessed Iolanda, Blessed Salomea, Moses of Hungary and St. Luis of Touluse are by Laszlo Marton.  St Isabel, St Emeric and St Margaret of Scotland are by Gyula Kiss Kovacs.  Blessed Elizebeth, Blessed Hedvig, and Blessed Giovanni Dominici are by Robert Czikszentmihalyi.  The same artist made the panel with Blessed Apor Vilmos, the Bishop and Maertyr, in 2001.