Ark Of Sant'Apollonio
The Ark of Sant'Apollonio is a funerary monument in marble by Gasparo Cairano. Dated between 1508 and 1510, it is located in the third chapel on the right of the southern nave of the New Cathedral, Brescia. History On 5 January 1503, the discovery of the relics of Sant'Apollonio of Brescia, Sant'Apollonio, the fourth bishop of Brescia, in the Basilica of San Pietro de Dom was officially announced. The discovery had likely been made in September 1502 with the finding of documentation of works in his named chapel. The same day, the General Council of the city decided unanimously to provide a worthy emplacement for the remains of the saint, in agreement with diocesan authorities and the cathedral. In June, another resolution of the General Council was made, bidding the College of Notaries to finance the new ark. However, the funds were not immediately committed, most likely because the notaries had had trouble to raise the funds. Another order from the Council dates to 1506, ordering ...
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Gasparo Cairano
Gasparo Cairano, also known as Gasparo da Cairano, de Cayrano, da Milano, Coirano,This variant is not present in historical sources and was introduced in 1963 by Adriano Peroni (see Peroni, pp. 619–887), and accepted as canonical by later researchers (see Zani 2010, p.102, note 85) and other variations (born Milan or Pieve del Cairo or Cairate,See note in Boselli, p. 289, regarding a Brescian document of March 1531, where a mention is made of Gasparo's firstborn as ''Simone q. Gasparis de Chayrate de Mediolano'' before 1489Since the first document attesting the existence of the artist is the payment for a work in 1489, the date of birth may be traced back at least two decades before. – Brescia, died before 1517),Declared dead in this year by his widow Bianca (see Zani 2010, p. 102, note 85) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance. The artist emerged in 1489 as part of the cultural world of Milan, beginning a successful career that turned him into a leading exponent of Renai ...
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