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Raising of Cardinal Stephen's Nephew
The scene depicted here shows St.
Dominic raising Napoleon from the dead. Pope Honorius asked St. Dominic
to consolidate the various convents in and around Rome. Among others
the Pope appointed Cardinal Stephen of Fossa-Nuova to assist St. Dominic.
Only the Abbess of St. Mary's
across the Tiber River was willing to cooperate with the Pope's
request. During St. Dominic's effort to achieve the pope's wishes,
Napoleon, nephew of Cardinal Stephen was crushed to death by a
horse. Following a Mass for the dead man and assisted by the Abbess,
St. Dominic laid his hands upon Napoleon and raised him from the dead.
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