Tomb of Pope Clement XIV

The Tomb of Pope Clement XIV is a neoclassical stone monument and sculptural tableaux in Santi Apostoli, Rome by the Venetian sculptor Antonio Canova.

The work is in the church where Pope Clement XIV (1705-1774) was the Cardinal-Priest before being elected Pontiff.

[1] The monument was commissioned by the merchant Carlo Giorgi and completed in 1787, thirteen years after the Pope's death.

[2] Canova employed carrara marble and lumachella in the creation of the tomb.

[3] The figure of Pope Clemens XIV atop the tomb is said to reference St. John the Baptist.