Santa Maria Assunta is a

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

and principal place of worship in

Montepulciano Montepulciano () is a medieval and Renaissance hill town and ''comune'' in the Italian province of Siena in southern Tuscany. It sits high on a limestone ridge, east of Pienza, southeast of Siena, southeast of Florence, and north of Rome b ...

. The cathedral was consecrated in 1712. Among the artworks in the cathedral is an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' triptych on the high altar painted by Taddeo di Bartolo in 1401, which includes a self portrait as the apostle Thaddeus.Karl A. E. Enenkel, Peter Liebregts Epistola posteritati:- 1998 - Page 54 9042007826 In his Assumption of the Virgin from 1401, on the high altar in the Cathedral of Montepulciano, Taddeo has depicted himself as the apostle ... This is how Taddeo di Bartolo has depicted himself in the guise of the apostle Thaddaeus.

References

1712 establishments in Italy Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy Churches in Montepulciano {{Italy-RC-church-stub