Saint Petronius grants the Theodosian privilege / San Petronio concede il privilegio Teodosiano

A fresco found in Sala Farnese in Palazzo d'Accursio in Bologna. Long story short - It is part of a series of frescos painted by Carlo Cignani and Emilio Taruffi between 1659-61. It depicts the patron saint of Bologna San Petronio handing over a document granting Roman Law to be studied in Bologna by decree of Theodosius II - that never happened though and it was a essentially a creation myth. So, misinformation was happening even before twitter. Crazy.

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