A session of the Council of Florence on the Filarete Door, by Antonio Averuline known as Filarete, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy, 1445

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John VIII Palaeologus on
The Filarete Door
by Antonio Averuline known as Filarete, 1445
Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaeologus came to a council at Florence (1439) to discuss the possible reunification of the Eastern and Western Catholic churches.

A session of the Council of Florence on the Filarete Door, by Antonio Averuline known as Filarete, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy, 1445

Panel 8. A session of the Council of Florence

The central door of St. Peter's Basilica is the oldest. Pope Eugene IV commissioned the Florentine, Antonio Averulino, known as Filarete (1400-1469) to make the two bronze imposts which he completed in 1445. The bas-reliefs between the main 6 framed panels show scenes from the pontificate of Eugene IV, and representatives at the Council of Ferrara-Florence, summoned in 1438 to reunite the Churches of the East and of the West.
Source: saintpetersbasilica.org

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