Plaque In Honor Of Pope Benedict Xiv

This plaque is located in the entrance of the San Gallicano Hospital in Rome; it commemorates Pope Benedict XIV, that, in 1743, decided to expand the hospital to offer more beds to the patients. He commissioned the construction of a space in his honor, a space built to divide the adult’s hospital lane from the children’s lane;1

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  • Photos and main text by Alessandro Appolloni moc.liamg|16inolloppaxela#| and Pierpaolo Moro moc.liamg|51orompp#| (January 2019), courtesy of INMP.
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Bibliography

  • INMP, “Equità, salute, sviluppo, l’INMP tra passato e presente, per il futuro”, 2016
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