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In 1305, Pope Clement V moved the home of the Roman Catholic Church from Rome, to Avignon in France—a controversial move that eventually caused a split in the church called the Western Schism. During this political turmoil, Cardinal Giacomo Stefaneschi commissioned Giotto to create a glorious altarpiece for the church of St. Peter’s in Rome. The altarpiece is painted front and back, with the center panel depicting St. read more