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St.
Balbina
Died - before 595 in Rome
Feastday
- 31 March
Statue
Installed - ca. 1667-1668
Sculptor
- Giovanni Maria de Rossi
Attributed to Rossi because he
was paid from August 1667 to November 1668 for eight statues.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The
ledgend of St Balbina was that she was a virgin martyr found
guilty of being a Christian and sentenced to death by Hadrian.
All
we know for certain is that a titulus church was founded on
the Aventine Hill in Rome that preserved her name for
veneration. Her date is "ante 595" since that is the
earliest documented reference to her church. She may have been
one of the early martyrs or simply the benefactress of a
church in her name.
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14. Apollonia and 13. Balbina
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13.
Balbina and 12. Lucy
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Saints
on North Colonnade
16. Ignatius of Loyola, 15. Remigius,
14. Apollonia,
13. Balbina, 12. Lucy,
11. Olympia, 10. Clare
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Sources:
Roma Sacra - San Pietro in Vaticano, Itineraries 21-22, ©Fabbrica
of St. Peter's, July 2001
Le Statue Berniniani del Colonnato di San Pietro by Valentino
Martinelli ©1987 by de Luca
Editore
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