The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . copia in her left hand. At her feet, bales of merchandise. In the distance, the sea andvessels. In the exergue, Centvm cell. 10. MEMORiiE M. CLEM. M. BRIT. REGiNiE. Monument erected in the Vatican in honor of MaryClementina Sobieski. She died January 18, 1735, and her obsequies were celebrated in thechurch of the Holy Apostles. The government then decided that she should be biiried in thechurch of Saint Peter. Clement XII. defrayed the first expenses of the monument. BenedictXIV. finished it after the designs of Nicolas Barrig
The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . copia in her left hand. At her feet, bales of merchandise. In the distance, the sea andvessels. In the exergue, Centvm cell. 10. MEMORiiE M. CLEM. M. BRIT. REGiNiE. Monument erected in the Vatican in honor of MaryClementina Sobieski. She died January 18, 1735, and her obsequies were celebrated in thechurch of the Holy Apostles. The government then decided that she should be biiried in thechurch of Saint Peter. Clement XII. defrayed the first expenses of the monument. BenedictXIV. finished it after the designs of Nicolas Barrigioni, and at the same time the medal wasstruck. The tomb is above the door from which the ascent to the great cupola is the columns opposite is the tomb of James III., and of their children, Charles EdwardStuart, and Henry Stuart, cardinal duke of York ; the last members of that family who havethe one monument in common. It was executed by Canova, at the expense of George IV., kingof England. Prince Charles Edward is there described as James IV,. CLEMENT XUL 299
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