Pauline Chapel
The Pauline Chapel, or Cappella Paolina, sits quietly within the Apostolic Palace, a Renaissance jewel connected to the grandeur of the Sistine Chapel by the Sala Regia. Commissioned in 1538 and completed in 1540 under Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, it was built for Pope Paul III and dedicated to the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. The chapel served both as the Chapel of the Sacrament and the Chapel of the Conclave, underscoring its ceremonial weight in papal life. Michelangelo, at the height of his career, painted two frescoes here—The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter—between 1542 and 1549. These works, though monumental, were regarded by contemporaries as unorthodox and, at least for a time, overshadowed by his masterpieces in the Sistine Chapel. …
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