▁work ▁commission ed ▁especially ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁building ▁and ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁artist , ▁who ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 4 . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁painted ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 2 – 3 3 . ▁ ▁Pope ▁P ius ▁V ▁( who ▁had ▁been ▁canon ised ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 2 ) ▁was ▁a ▁dedicated ▁oppon ent ▁of ▁Protest ant ism . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁he ▁who , ▁in ▁ 1 5 7 0 , ▁pur port ed ▁to ▁absol ve ▁the ▁English ▁subjects ▁of ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth ▁I ▁from ▁their ▁alleg iance . ▁ ▁Ric ci ▁gives ▁him ▁an ▁air ▁of ▁bene vol ence , ▁though ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁an ▁ ▁un comp rom ising ▁enemy ▁of ▁those ▁opposed ▁to ▁his ▁church . ▁ ▁He ▁greatly ▁rever ed ▁Thomas ▁Aqu inas ▁( 1 2 2 6 – 7 4 ), ▁who ▁is ▁the ▁figure ▁on ▁the ▁left , ▁and ▁had ▁made ▁him ▁a ▁Doctor ▁of ▁the ▁Church . ▁He ▁is ▁identified ▁by ▁the ▁Sun ▁on ▁his ▁breast ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁book , ▁his ▁Sum ma ▁The olog ica , ▁which ▁he ▁car ries ▁in ▁his ▁right ▁hand . ▁ ▁St ▁Peter ▁Mart yr , ▁on ▁the ▁right , ▁was ▁another ▁un comp rom ising ▁Domin ican ▁whose ▁ze al ▁had ▁led ▁to ▁his ▁assass ination ▁in ▁ 1 2 5 2 . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁more ▁usually ▁shown ▁with ▁the ▁cle aver , ▁with ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁killed , ▁pro tr ud ing ▁from