TheClementine Hall, called theSala Clementina (The Clementine Salon) is ahall of theApostolic Palace nearSt. Peter's Basilica inVatican City. It was established in the 16th century byPope Clement VIII in honor ofPope Clement I, the third successor ofSt. Peter. The Clementine Hall is covered inRenaissancefrescoes and valuable works ofart. It is used by thepope as a reception room and in some cases, site of various ceremonies and rituals. The Clementine Hall is the chamber in which the body of the pope lies for private visitation by officials of the Vatican upon death, like that most recently of thefuneral of Pope John Paul II. The pope's body is then traditionally moved from the Clementine Hall and ceremonially carried across St. Peter's Square to St. Peter's Basilica or the Basilica ofSan Giovanni in Laterano.
Over the doors appears thefresco "TheMartyrdom ofSt. Clement" by the Dutch painterPaul Bril. On the opposite wall appear the frescos "TheBaptism of St. Clement" by Italian paintersCherubino Alberti andBaldassare Croce, and an "Allegory of Art and Science" byGiovanni and Cherubino Alberti. Thefrieze on the side walls depict allegories of the cardinalvirtues by Alberti and Croce and the theological virtues, on the opposite wall, by the same artists. On the ceiling is “TheApotheosis of St. Clement" byGiovanni Alberti.
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