Monument, Pope Sixtus V, Loreto Province of Ancona, Marche, Loreto, AN, Italy.

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Monument, Pope Sixtus V, Loreto the square of the Madonna, Province of Ancona, Marche, Loreto, AN, Italy. A staircase leading to the churchyard precedes the facade. The monument to Pope Sixtus V is placed on the steps on the left side: it is the pope who in the bull Pro excellent preeminent of 17 March 1586 "explicitly states, without any precautionary formula, that" the temple of Loreto contains that sacred room which was consecrated by the divine mysteries "". The bronze statue blessing from the gestatorial chair, work of 1587-1589 due to Antonio Calcagni with the collaboration of Tiburzio Vergelli, was made at the expense of the Province of the Marca and of eight Picene prelates created cardinals by Sixtus V.