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The Portinari chapel was built in 1462 when Pigello Portinari, a wealthy Florentine banker working in Milan fpor the Medici family wished to offer worthy tomb to Dominican martyr Saint Peter of Verona. In 1736 Giovanni da Balduccio created an shrine to contain the remains of Saint Peter. The chappel consists of 2 square rooms, each with its own cupola. The name of the architect is unkown. The frescoes depicting the life of Saint Peter of Verona were painted by Vincenzo Foppa.