[Engravings of buildings of Rome by Rossi and Falda (1650-1684)]

[1690]

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[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de’ Rossi]

This 17th century engraving depicts the canonisation ceremony held in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on the 12th April, 1671. Pope Clement X, seated on a throne (no. 1), led the proceedings to canonise five new saints - Gaetan of Thiene, Francis Borgia, Philip Benizi, Louis Beltran and Rose of Lima.