Stanza dell'Incendio di Borgo
by RAFFAELLO
In the room of the Fire in the Borgo Raphael's workshop from 1514 to 1517 illustrated historical episodes in which the protagonists are the Popes who took the name of Leo. This room contains episodes like the Fire in the Borgo, in which a miracle performed by Pope Leo IV caused a fire raging in Rome in 847 to be extinguished; the Battle of Ostia, in which the Saracens were lost in a storm at sea, presumably because of the presence of Leo IV, and the Coronation of Charlemagne by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day, 799. Here the illustration of themes drawn from the past mixes with the celebration of the political projects of the present Pope, in this case Leo X's reconciliation with France. The fourth subject, the Oath of Leo III, anticipates the numerous representations of popes and bishops in assizes which became common during the Counter Reformation in the late 16th century.
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