Image: 9 22 rome peter basilica b 0439
Right to left:
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St. Theodore of Tyro
Born - unknown
Died - c. 306 in Turkey
Feastday - 17 February
Statue created - c.1665-1667
The statue is part of a group of 24 that were installed between September 1662 and March 1667.
Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli
Attributed to Morelli because of the connection with the statues of St Dionysus (96) and St Romanus (99)
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is represented as a young Roman soldier. He has a head of curly hair that is lifted to the sky. The left hand is brought to his chest, while the right holds a palm of martyrdom, now deteriorated.
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St. Theobald of Provins
Born - 1033
Died - 30 June 1066
Feastday - 30 June
Canonized - 1073 by Pope Alexander II
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
This figure, though clever, is not identifiable with any of the artists working on statues in this area.
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is clothed in only a mantle that wraps around his shoulders and falls to the left. He is represented as looking up to heaven with the left raised. The naked upper body and the palm, as he was not a martyr, seems to be the same iconography as that of St. Jerome.
- 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.
