Triumph of the Church, Church Militant and TriumphantAlternative title(s): Allegory of the Active and Triumphant Church and the Dominican order, Andrea di Bonaiuto, from 1365 until 1367

The black-cloaked figures are dominican priests (the blackfriars, the order of preachers, o. P. ), and the black-and-white dogs are their symbol. (founded by st. Dominic to preach against heresies, they were referred to as "domini canes", hounds of god. ) in the left foreground there is a group of about five dozen figures representing christendom, and illustrating the religious and secular hierarchies. In the right foreground are three dominican saints. (their identification varies among sources. ) st. Peter martyr sends the dogs to round up lost sheep and fight off wolves. St. Dominic preaches to the people while st. Thomas debates heretics. Behind the preachers, in the right middleground, there is a group of worldly pleasure-seekers (above thomas and the heretics) and two more dominican figures (above st. Peter and st. Dominic). The faithful are being blessed and ushered to the gate of heaven, where st. Peter welcomes them. Object Type: fresco. Date: from 1365 until 1367. Medium: fresco. Depicted People: Charles IV, Innocent VI, Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Simone Saltarelli, William of Ockham, Michael of Cesena, Peter I of Cyprus, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, Giotto, Arnolfo di Cambio, Cimabue, Giovanni Boccaccio, Petrarch, Dante Alighieri, Meister Eckhart. Collection: Spanish chapelle. Andrea di Bonaiuto. Santa Maria Novella 1366-7 fresco 0011