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his own tomb he chose Bosco, his native place, where he built
a richly endowed convent for the Dominicans. Vasari
received the order to supply for this church of S. Croce a great
high altar with a representation of the Adoration of the Magi
he sent the painting to the Pope in the spring of 1567. In
October 1568 Pius V. commissioned another sculptor, Gian-
antonio Buzi, to erect his own tomb. The monument is still
in a good state of preservation. Between two rows of colums
there is shown the risen Christ, with the Pope kneeling at his
feet. At the two sides, between pillars, are large statues of
Faith and Charity. The monument is completed above by a
niche surmounted by a cross, and containing a statue of the
archangel Michael slajdng the dragon.
His love for his own country, which also found liberal
expression hi other ways,^ did not lead Pius V. to forget such
venerated sanctuaries as Loreto and Assisi. At Loreto he
had four magnificent bronze doors cast for the marble casing
of the Holy House, while at Assisi, over the chapel where
St. Francis died, he gave orders for the commencement of
the great church of S. Maria degli Angeli, which is distinguished
for its grand simplicity, and the lofty dome which can be seen
for miles across the plain of central Umbria.^
meats for the tombs of Paul IV. and Carpi in *Secondo e terzo
libro d. Recett. d. r. Cam. Apost. 1567 and 1568, State Archives,
Rome.
^ See Dell'Acqua; 44, where there is a good reproduction ;
Catena, 133 seq. ; Thieme VI. 380. C/. Bruzzone, Bosco, I.,
131. 133; IT, 164 seq.: Riv. di Alessandria, 1902, and XIV.,
383, 395 ; Lanciani, IV., 44 seq. ; Jahrbuch der Pyeuss. Kunstsamml.,
XXXIX., 194 n. i ; Kallab, Vasari-Studien, 125, 129 ;
Bruzzone in Cosmos illustr., 191 4, 43 ; L. Mina, Delia chiesa e
convento di Bosco Marengo, Alessandria, 1904. For the altar of
Vasari, cf. Kraus-Sauer, II., 2, 683. For the buildings of Pius V.
at Bosco, see App. nn. 10-15.
* See Bruzzone, Bosco, 1., 134 seq. ; Dell'Acqua, 29.
^ See Beissel, Das hi. Haus zu Loreto, Freiburg, 1891, 18 ;
Laspeyres, Kirchen dor Renaissance in Mittel-Italien, Leipzig,
1882, Ft. 2, p. 37 ; GuRLrrx, Gesch. des Barockstiles, 56 seq. ;