The Apse in St. Paul Outside the Walls: Detail, St. Philip

St. Philip is identified by the inscription left and right of his head: S[ANCTUS] PHY | LIPPUS. The scroll he carries reads GLORIFICAMUS TE, "we glorify you," a phrase from the hymn Gloria in Excelsis Deo. The other apostles in the mosaic hold scrolls with other phrases from the hymn.

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Photographed at the basilica by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.