Samoreprezentacija ilirske zajednice sv. Jeronima u Rimu: oltarna pala Benigna Vangelinija iz 1650. godine” (L’autorappresentazione della comunità illirica di San Girolamo a Roma: la pala d’altare di Benigno Vangelini del 1650)

The article analyzes the altarpiece created in 1650 by the Roman painter Benigno Vangelini for the church known today as San Girolamo dei Croati in Rome. It establishes the dynamics of the commission, identifying as key figures in the story the archpriest Antonio Deodato-Bogdanović and the collector of the confraternity Don Girolamo Pastrizio. The iconography of Cyril and Methodius presenting the body of St. Clement in front of Pope Hadrian II is unique for its time, evidently chosen as a contribution of the brothers from Thessaloniki to the Roman religious horizon. In addition, the members of the national chapter and the confraternity are represented in a clear hierarchy, controlled by the cardinal with the title of St. Jerome and the cardinal protector of the confraternity, thus clearly mapping the Illyric institutions in Rome.