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Right to left:
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St. Praxedes
Died - c.165

Feastday - 21 July

Statue created - c.1702-1703
Brunetti undertook to execute the statue on 13 January 1702 and delivered it on 18 June 1703.

Sculptor - Francesco Maria Brunetti
He received payment of 80 scudi in 1703. It is the last known work of the sculptor.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
She is depicted with her traditional attribute, a vase used to collect the blood of the martyrs.

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St. Pudentiana
Died - second century

Statue Installed - c.1702-1703
For this work Morelli received payments from 1702 until July 1703

Sculptor - Paolo Morelli
In Morelli's career, this statue was made around the time he created statues for the church and convent of La Maddalena.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
She is often depicted with an iconography associated with the cult of the martyrs. Here she raises a sponge used to collect the blood of the martyrs.

- St. Peter's Basilica: The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano, Rome, Italy. Completed on 18 November 1626 - Photograph by Michael Ghaly for St-Takla.org, September 22, 2014.

- صور كاتدرائية القديس بطرس الرسول، الفاتيكان، روما، إيطاليا. انتهى العمل بها في 18 نوفمبر 1626 م. - تصوير مايكل غالي لموقع الأنبا تكلاهيمانوت، 22 سبتمبر 2014 م.