La chaire du dôme de Prato est une œuvre sculpturale réalisée par Donatello et Michelozzo entre 1428 et 1438. Elle est située sur la façade, à l'angle sud-est, de la cathédrale de Prato, en Toscane. De forme circulaire et d'une hauteur de 210 cm, sans son baldaquin, elle se compose de bronzes, mosaïques, et principalement de bas-reliefs en marbre finement ouvragés représentant des scènes de putti en liesse (aujourd'hui, les bas-reliefs originaux sont conservés dans le musée de l'Œuvre (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo).
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Prato Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Stephen, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prato, Tuscany, Central Italy, from 1954 the seat of the Bishop of Prato, having been previously, from 1653, a cathedral in the Diocese of Pistoia and Prato. It is dedicated to Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
It is one of the most ancient churches in the city, and was already in existence in the 10th century. It was built in several successive stages in the Romanesque style. The church contains a number of notable works of art, in particular fine sculpture.
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The Girdle of Thomas, Virgin's Girdle, Holy Belt, or Sacra Cintola in modern Italian, is a Christian relic in the form of a "girdle" or knotted textile cord used as a belt, that according to a medieval legend was dropped by the Virgin Mary from the sky to Saint Thomas the Apostle at or around the time of the Assumption of Mary to Heaven. The supposed original girdle is a relic belonging to Prato Cathedral in Tuscany, Italy and its veneration has been regarded as especially helpful for pregnant women. The story was frequently depicted in the art of Florence and the whole of Tuscany, and the keeping and display of the relic at Prato generated commissions for several important artists of the early Italian Renaissance. The Prato relic has outlasted several rivals in Catholic hands, and is the Catholic equivalent of the various relics held by Eastern Christianity: the Cincture of the Theotokos of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Holy Girdle of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
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The Cathedral museum of Prato, Italy, was founded in 1967 in a few rooms of the bishop's residence and in 1976 grew to include items from both the Cathedral of Saint Stephen and other churches in the diocese, including the Abbey of Santa Maria in Montepiano.
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The Stories of Saint Stephen and Saint John the Baptist is a fresco cycle by the Italian Renaissance painter Filippo Lippi and his assistants, executed between 1452 and 1465. It is located in the Great Chapel of the Cathedral of Prato, Italy.
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The Diocese of Prato is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Tuscany, Italy, that has existed as an independent entity since 1954. Its see is Prato Cathedral, some 10 miles northwest of Florence, on the Bisenzio River. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Florence.
