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The Cerasi Chapel laterals at Santa Maria del Popolo are a completed 1600–01 public commission beside Carracci’s altar

Public Passion pictures in a Roman parish-and-pilgrim church are a cohesion path. First versions replaced are one commission family, not extra rows. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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Context

Public Passion pictures in a Roman parish-and-pilgrim church are a cohesion path. First versions replaced are one commission family, not extra rows.

Caravaggio’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Lived 1571–1610. Legal incidents are stored as documented process, not as later legend. Ranuccio Tomassoni is not affiliated_with. Complex contribution is required except where the killing is direct.

Why it matters

It is not Raphael’s stanze as a copy.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Caravaggio

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Cerasi Chapel laterals at Santa Maria del Popolo are a completed 1600–01 public commission beside Carracci’s altar
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 September 1601 · verified

    It is not Raphael’s stanze as a copy.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — CaravaggioEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Met Heilbrunn — Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) and His FollowersMetropolitan Museum of Art · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica prints the 24 September 1600 Cerasi contract and the Conversion of Saul and Crucifixion of Peter as completed public laterals.

Britannica and Met Heilbrunn independently describe the Cerasi laterals.

Established: 1600–01 Cerasi commission as dated. Not established: unique later-restoration coefficients.

Caravaggio did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCaravaggio
  2. contributed toFactThe Cerasi Chapel laterals at Santa Maria del Popolo are a completed 1600–01 public commission beside Carracci’s altar
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). The Cerasi Chapel laterals at Santa Maria del Popolo are a completed 1600–01 public commission beside Carracci’s altar. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/cv-cerasi-1601

https://factrail.ai/facts/cv-cerasi-1601

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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