St Gregory, Gregory I, the Great (540-604), Pope from 590. Fresco in the Chapel of Nicholas V, Vatican, Rome,
St Gregory, Gregory I, the Great (540-604), Pope from 590. Fresco in the Chapel of Nicholas V, Vatican, Rome, dedicated to St Stephen and St Laurence: Fresco by Fra Angelico (c1400-55) Italian painter. Early Renaissance. Media: tempera, panel. Fra Angelico's frescoes for Pope Nicholas V's private Vatican chapel (c. 1448-9) depict select scenes from the lives of early Christian martyrs