9 Estancia de Heliodoro (Vista general II)

This chamber is one of the four Raphael Rooms in the Apostolic Palace, decorated with large-scale frescoes depicting moments of divine protection in Church history. The left wall illustrates Pope Leo I halting Attila's invasion through the miraculous appearance of Saints Peter and Paul, while the right wall displays a nighttime scene of an angel freeing Saint Peter from prison. Below the narrative scenes, the room is anchored by monochrome caryatids and an intricate geometric marble floor.

The room's iconographic program emphasizes divine intervention on behalf of the Church, likely influenced by the Neoplatonist and Hebraist Giles of Viterbo. These works represent the High Renaissance effort to harmonize historical narrative with metaphysical concepts of divine agency and light.