Museo Pio Cristiano
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Museo Pio Cristiano
The Museo Pio Cristiano is one of the Vatican Museums. It houses various works of Christian antiquity.[1]
The museum was founded by Pope Pius IX in 1854,[2] two years after the establishment of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology.
The Good Shepherd (c. 300)
References[]
- ^ "Pius-Christian Museum – Vatican Museums". www.museivaticani.va. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ^ "Pio-Christian Museum". www.vaticanstate.va. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
External links[]
Media related to Museo Pio Cristiano at Wikimedia Commons
- The Vatican: spirit and art of Christian Rome, a book from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on the museum (pp. 176–189)
Coordinates: 41°54′23″N 12°27′14″E / 41.9065°N 12.4538°E
Categories:
- Art museums and galleries in Rome
- Art museums established in 1854
- Vatican Museums
- 1854 establishments in the Papal States
- Italian museum stubs