# Madonna and Child with Angels, St. Peter, St. John The Baptist, St. Paul and St. Francis: The Story of the founding of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome

> Painted by Stefano di Giovanni (Sassetta) ca. 1430-2. Displayed in the Uffici Gallery. The iconography is inspired by the founding of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, which was built on the site of a miraculous fall of snow on August of 358 AD.

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