The founder of Judaism is horned, just like Satan!!! Which, of course, raises the question of why Michelangelo chose to portray his Moses with horns anyway. Actually, no one really got along with Julius—the guy was a heel who, like many medieval and Renaissance popes, was far more interested in military conquest than theology or church leadership.
And so, Moses, who in life shared in so much of the glory of God that his face shone with majesty, got his most enduring likeness carved with a pair of sad, floppy horns, partly because St. Jerome was a tad careless with his Bible translation and partly because Michelangelo had it in for the guy whose tomb he was carving.
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As you enter the church, the horned Moses will be in the back to the right. Hours may vary on Sundays and Holidays. Natalie Natalie is a food and travel writer who has been living in Rome full time since First Starbucks Opens in Italy. Cris Santos says: Very interested information here I visited this place such a long time ago. September 6, at am Reply. July 9, at pm Reply.
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