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St. Jerome
Born - c.347
Died - 420

Feastday - 30 September

Statue created - c.1662-1667
The statue is part of the group of 24 that were installed between September 1662 and March 1667.

Sculptor - unknown
The documents do not attribute the statue to any other any known sculptor working on the colonnade end area.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
According to the usual iconography, the saint has a long beard and hollow face. He is dressed in a cloak with pleats on the right arm, and is wrapped around the hips. The palm that he holds in his left hand is usually an attribute of a martyr, but here it is an alusion to the weaving of mats and baskets out of palm leaves which was how the Desert Fathers earned a living in those days.

- 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.