THE EXPULSION OF HELIODORUS FROM THE TEMPLE BY RAPHAEL

The fresco titled The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple: in a difficult moment for the papal army, the story of Heliodorus, who had stolen the temple's treasure and was punished by God via a priest's intervention, is proposed here as a reinterpretation of current affairs.

FUN FACT: the re-enactment of The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple didn't bring much luck to the Vatican: fifteen years later when the German mercenaries known as the "lanzichenecchi" looted all of Rome, they camped in this room and lit a fire under this fresco, damaging it.