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Cataluzio di Pietro da Todi (died after 1419)


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Cataluzio di Pietro da Todi was a goldsmith who was documented as the owner of a workshop in the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo in 1361-6.  He held public office in Todi on a number of occasions.  In 1372, he began an association with a workshop of goldsmiths operating in Perugia, and he lived in that city in the period 1374-87.

Todi

Reliquary (early 15th century)

This reliquary in the sacristy of San Fortunato, which contains an arm of St Fortunatus, was first documented in 1465.  It is thought to be a late work of Cataluzio da Todi.

The silver representation of the arm is housed in a gilded tabernacle below a gilded mitre that is decorated with precious stones.









Perugia

Gilded silver chalice and paten (late 14th century)

    

These objects, which were recorded in the sacristy of San Domenico in the inventories from 1417 onwards, remained there until 1863, when they were moved to the Galleria Nazionale.  The chalice is inscribed with the signature of Cataluzio da Todi ("Catalutius Petri de Tuderto me fecit").

Reliquary of St Anne (late 14th century)

This reliquary was recorded in the sacristy of San Domenico in the inventories from 1430 onwards and remained there until 1863, when it was moved to the Galleria Nazionale.  It may have been made in Todi by a follower of Cataluzio da Todi. 

The niche in the upper register once contained two of the fingers of St Anne, the mother of the Virgin, but these were apparently stolen in 1609.  The niches in the lower register contain statues of the Madonna and Child and of SS Dominic and Thomas Aquinas.






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