 The frescoes disposition follows St. Gregory's account of Benedict's life.Signorelli's paintings were executed in 1497-98, while Sodoma's were completed after 1505.The church entrance is preceded, in the "Chiostro Grande", by frescoes of "Jesus Carrying the Cross", "Jesus at the Column" and "St. Benedict Giving the Rule to the Founders of Monte Oliveto", all the work of Sodoma.