Frescoes in cloister by High Renaissance painter Il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) painted between 1505 and 1508, of the life of St. Benedict (San Benedetto), self portrait of the artist posing with his badgers, Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Frescoes in cloister by High Renaissance painter Il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) painted between 1505 and 1508, of the life of St. Benedict (San Benedetto), showing St. Benedict receiving his Easter meal from a monk, Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey, Chiusure, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Detail of frescoes in cloister by High Renaissance painter Il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) painted between 1505 and 1508, of the life of St. Benedict (San Benedetto), showing St. Benedict greeting to his order Placide and Maure, a page, Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey, Chiusure, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Frescoes in cloister by High Renaissance painter Il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) painted between 1505 and 1508, of the life of St. Benedict (San Benedetto) showing him driving off bad women brought in by Florent. Chiusure, Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Detail of frescoes in cloister by famous Renaissance painter Luca Signorelli, of the life of St. Benedict (San Benedetto), showing the meeting between Totila, King of Goths, and San Benedetto, Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey, Chiusure, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Entrance gatehouse at the Benedictine Monastery famous for frescoes in cloisters depicting the life of St. Benedict, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Tuscany, Italy, Europe