Image: 9 22 rome peter basilica b 0196
Right to left:
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St. Fabian - Pope and Martyr
Born - c.200
Died - 250
Feastday - 20 January
Statue Installed - c.1702-1703
On 13 January 1702 Mentinovese undertook to execute the statue, which he finished in February 1703.
Sculptor - Pietro Mentinovese
In 1702 he received a down payment of 10 scudi, and the following year the balance of 70 scudi. This work is very different from the angels he made for the church of the Holy Shroud, from designs by Antonio Gherardi.
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
He is dressed in bishop's robes and his miter has a single crown. For the treatment of details, this statue recalls Sts Nereus (88) and Achilleus (89).
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St. Sebastian - Martyr
Born - c.256
Died - c. 288 in Rome
Feastday - 20 January
Statue created - c.1702-1703
Work began on the statue 2 June 1702, and it was delivered 2 August 1703. A down payment of 10 scudi and the balance of 70 scudi was paid in 1703.
Sculptor - Michele Maglia
This work is typical of the artist's maturity when his approach became more classical, replacing the exuberant, lively Baroque style of his youth.
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint has his right wrist tied to the tree trunk. His loins are girded by a cloth, and his body is pierced with arrows. At his feet is a helmet, and in his left hand is the remains of a palm of martyrdom. The right forearm has been remade twice; in the 1791-94 and the 1831-33 restorations.
- 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.
