St. Peter's Liberation From Prison, Detail – Raphael Risen-Glorified Saint Ursula

Saint Ursula

An angel brings food and drink to Elijah the Prophet in the wilderness

who was head of the Catholic church from 1903 to 1914

Saint Gregory the Great

looking at a shaft of bright yellow light

St. Peter's Liberation From Prison, Detail – Raphael Risen-Glorified Saint UrsulaThis is a detail from a fresco by Raphael, showing an angel busting Saint Peter, the first Pope, out of jail, while the prison guards sleep. This particular image, depicting the angel awakening Peter in prison, makes up the center of the fresco. On the right side of the fresco, the angel leads Peter down a staircase and out of prison. On the left side of the fresco, the soldiers awaken on the staircase outside Peter's cell and discover that the