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St. Anthony of Padua
Born - 15 August 1195
Died - 13 June 1231 in Padua, Italy

Feastday - 13 June
Canonized - 30 May 1232 by Pope Gregory IX

Statue created - c.1671
This statue is part of a group of 16 that were installed between August 1670 and March 1673.

Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli
This statue is cited along with St Philip Benizi (123) and St Charles Borromeo (125) in the final payments to Morelli in October and November 1671

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The Franciscan saint, with ecstatic expression, carries the child Jesus in his arms. The two large sleeves contrast with the compactness of the habit, giving the body a touch of lightness and airiness.

St. Anthony of Padua was from Lisbon and became a priest of the Franciscian order.  Known for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of scripture, he was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1846, largely because he helped to overcome an anti-intellectual bias among the early Franciscans. He is the patron saint of finding things or lost people.