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St. Paul-First Hermit
Born - c.228
Died - c.343 Egypt

Feastday - 10 January

Statue created - c.1672
It's part of a group of 16 installed between August 1670 and March 1673.

Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli
Payment was made to Morelli in June 1672 for 80 scudi.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The old venerable saint is dressed in woven palm leaves. He holds the bread, which according to legend, a raven brought every day to his cave.

The face is similar to the St Athanasius on the Chair of St Peter, where Morelli had worked with Bernini from 1661 to 1663.

- 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.

الأنبا بولا أول السواح - 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.