On the right aisle, starting
from the back you will surely
notice a dark wooden chest
placed high above the door
of the cloister.
According to a legend it
should contain the mortal
remains of the Count of
Carmagnola, beheaded for
high treason to the Serenissima
Repubblica in 1432, but
actually it is the resting
place of the Abbot Luigi
Dalla Torre, killed in 1549
by Tristano Savorgnan. Facing
the wall against the choir
is a 17th century carved
chest once belonging to
the School of St. Francis,
and above are worth admiring
four paintings by Andrea
Vicentino ( 16th century
), depicting The Creation,
Moses in the desert raising
up the bronze serpent, The
Last Judgement and The Glory
of Paradise.
Moving forward we meet the
Altar of St. Catherine of
Alexandria.
The Altar of the Presentation
is so called for the painting
of the presentation of the
Baby Jesus in the Temple
( 1548 ), signed by the
Roman artist Giuseppe Porta
alias Salviati.
The work measures 4.83 per
2.47 metres and shows an
excellent pictorial technique.
