Saint Gregory the Great, c1630. This painting is from a series depicting famous theologians (scholars who studied and wrote about the nature of God) for the ceiling of the library in the Dominican convent of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.

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Size: 4120px × 4960px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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