An Italian word signifying room, chamber, apartment. In English
the term is chiefly used for Raphael's celebrated Stanze in the
Vatican Palace, four in number, the walls of which were frescoed
by Raphael and his pupils. The paintings in these chambers by
Raphael's own hand belong to the most sublime monuments of
Italian art, and rank with Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes of
the Sistine Chapel. For a description of the paintings consult
the articles RAPHAEL; VATICAN. APA citation. Stanza. (1912). In
The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14248b.htm MLA citation.
"Stanza." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert
Appleton Company, 1912.
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This article was transcribed for New Advent by Douglas J.
Potter. Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. July 1, 1912.
Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley,
Archbi