Lazio, Rome

The design of the high altar is perhaps due to Maratti, while the bronze decorations were commissioned in 1723 by the Milanese cardinal Bernardino Scotti, whose coat of arms stands out on the side shields. Protector of the Archconfraternity since 1719, in fact, he had it decorated at his own expense, as evidenced by an inventory of 1726. An apostolic visitation of 1856 informs us that the altar was consecrated by Benedict XIII on 14 October 1725. The word "Humilitas ", in black Gothic, surmounted by a golden crown, topped by five fioroni alternating with balls, is the Borromeo coat of arms and is repeated several times in the furnishings of the church