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He spent almost his entire life in [[Rome]] first studying at the [[Academy of Saint Luca]]. After the [[First World War]], working as an assistant in the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome he worked on several state works under the fascist regime of [[Mussolini]]. These included the monument to [[Armando Diaz]] in Naples and many war memorials to Italians killed in the war.
He was involved in the artists group at [[Villa Strohl Fern]] in Rome. From around 1940 he started to receive commissions from the Vatican and his work is now represented in [[St Peter's Basilica]], His work would have requited multiple meets with both the Pope and other senior church officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stpetersbasilica.info/Docs/GuideSPB2.htm|title = Guide to Saint Peter's Basilica}}</ref> His works are not only on the public side within the church but notably includes the tomb of [[Pope Pius XI]] in the crypts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://romapedia.blogspot.com/2013/10/basilica-of-st-peter-second-part_3.html|title = ROMAPEDIA: BASILICA OF St. PETER (Second part)|date = 3 October 2013}}</ref>
He died in [[Rome]] on 11 July 1977 aged 80.
Around 2000
==Recognition==
In Viterbo, his birthplace the municipality has named a street near the railway station after Nagni: '''Via Francesco Nagni'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuttocitta.it/mappa/viterbo/largo-francesco-nagni|title = Mappa di Viterbo - Largo Francesco Nagni - CAP 01100}}</ref>
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*Tomb of [[Pope Pius XI]] (1940), [[Vatican City]], [[Rome]]
*[[Ostiense]] Railway Station frontage, [[Rome]] (1940) [[Pegasus]] with a God<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://romapedia.blogspot.com/2020/01/ostiense-train-station.html|title=Romapedia: Ostiense Train Station|date=18 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[Armando Diaz]] monument, [[Naples]] (c.1935)
*Huge figure of [[St Paul]] at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, [[Rome]] (EUR quarter) (1959)
*Manzi grave in [[St. Pancras and Islington Cemetery]], London (1962) two bronze angels lifting the dead man from his grave<ref>London Cemeteries an Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer, Miller & Parsons</ref>
*Seated figure of [[Pope Pius XI]] at Museo de Colle del Duomo in [[Viterbo]] (1964)
*Seated figure of [[Pope Pius XI]] at [[Castel
*Seated figure of [[Pope Pius XI]], [[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Rome]] (1965) replacing a previous statue by [[Pietro Canonica]]
*Tomb of [[Gemma Galgani|St Gemma]], Sanctuary of St Gemma, [[Lucca]] (1965)
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*Assumption Virgin and six bronze angels on the tomb of Don Luigi Sturzo, in [[Caltagirone]], [[Catania]], [[Sicily]]
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Commission from [[Pope Pius XII]] for new bronze doors on St Peters, which were to be known as the Faith Door and the Splendour Door, involving work from 1947 to 1970 (now in the [[Vatican Museum]]). These doors were to consist of multiple bronze bas-relief panels featuring various Christian stories, such as [[Nero]] Persecuting the Christians.
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