Image: 9 22 rome peter basilica b 0271
Right to left:
1- St. Justin - Martyr
Born - c.100
Died - 165
Feastday - 1 June
Statue created - c.1665-1667
Part of a group of 24 installed from September 1662 to March 1667
Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli
Attribution to Morelli seems certain because of similarities in drapery with nearby St Agnes (43)
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is covered with a tunic that descends from the shoulder and surrounds the sides. Behind him, at his feet, is a plumed helmet and a tree trunk.
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St. Cecilia - Martyr
Died - second century in Rome
Feastday - 22 November
Statue Installed - c.1703
Sculptor - Jean-Baptiste Theodon
He received for three statues, which were created before August 1703, a total compensation of 260 scudi, ie 80 for each statue and 20 for attributes.
His commission for three statues for the straight arm of the colonnade was an honor reserved for only two artists, while the other sculptors (mostly newcomers) were given a single statue.
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
St Cecilia is depicted with traditional attributes, the palm of martyrdom in the right hand, and at her left is an organ.
The sculpture was already damaged in a report of the eighteenth century. The stone was corroded and missing the left forearm.
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St. Frances of Rome
Born - 1384
Died - 9 March 1440 in Rome
Feastday - 9 March
Canonized - 1608 by Pope Paul V
Statue Installed - c.1703
Sculptor - Jean-Baptiste Theodon
He received for three statues, which were created before August 1703, a total compensation of 260 scudi, ie. 80 for each statue and 20 for attributes.
This work belongs to the late activity of the artist, who repeatedly worked at the Vatican Basilica during his stay in Rome
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
She is shown with traditional attributes, her guardian angel holds the book of memoirs that she dictated. The guardian angel was a special attribute since she claimed that he was visible to her.
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St.George
Died - c. Early 4th Century
Feastday - 23 April
Statue Installed - c.1703
Documents show that in July 1703 Ottoni had already finished the statues of St Nerus, St Achilles and St George.
Sculptor - Lorenzo Ottoni
He received 80 scudi for the statue and 20 for the dragon.
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
St George wears a military helmet, breastplate and cloak. He is in the act of raising his right arm which holds a spear, as a dragon emerges around his legs.
The spear was rebuilt in the eighteenth century and was probably originally a sword.
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St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi
Born - 2 April 1566
Died - 25 May 1607 in Florence, Italy
Feastday - 25 May
Canonized - 1669 by Pope Clement IX
Statue created - c.1703
Coscia delivered the statue 2 August 1703.
Sculptor - Giulio Coscia
During 1703 he received a balance of 80 scudi.
This is the only known work of the sculptor.
Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Depicted in Carmelite habit, her right hand indicates the heart, perhaps alluding to the mystical exchange with Christ. In her left hand is a flowering branch, perhaps roses which is her traditional attribute.
- 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.
