Image: 9 22 rome peter basilica b 0557
Right to left:
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St Leonard of Noblac
Died - c.559
Feastday - 16 November
Statue created - c.1666
Sculptor - Unknown
This statue, like others above the colonnade entrance, is not attributable to any of the known sculptors working in the Bernini studio. Lazzaro Morelli, Giovanni Maria de Rossi, Andrea Baratta and others were active carving saints for the colonnade during this time.
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Represented in monastic robes, the saint's right hand is raised while his left holds a book.
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St Petronilla - Virgin and Martyr
Died - unknown
Feastday - 31 May
Mass on her feastday in St. Peter's is offered at her altar for France and attended by French residents of Rome.
Statue created - c.1666
The statue was placed in September 1666.
Sculptor - Unknown
The statue like others in this area is not attributable to any sculptor in the Bernini workshop.
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) Travertine
- 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.
