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Santa Prassede: Altar in Chapel of St. Zeno

Altar in Chapel of St. Zeno

Altar in the Chapel of St. Zeno, featuring a 13th-century mosaic of the Virgin Mary and Child between Saints Prassede and Pudenziana. Christ holds a scroll with the words EGO SUM LUX, "I am the light (of the world)" (John 8.12).

Credit: Holly Hayes