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St. Bruno
of Cologne
Born - c.1030
Died - 6 October 1101
Feastday
- 6 October
Canonized - 1623 by Pope Gregory XV
Statue
created - c.1670-1673
This statue is one of the group of
16 that were installed between August 1670 and March 1673.
Sculptor
- Francesco Antonio Fontana
Attributed to him since he
received payments for three statues from July 1671 to March
1673.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
This statue along with St
Frances of Paola (127), share a flattened drapery. This
differentiates it from the nearby statues of Morelli.
In
Catholic art, Bruno is often shown holding a skull, or with a
miter at his feet, since he renounced being made bishop.
St. Bruno
was the founder of the Carthusian Order, and a renowned teacher
and diocesan chancellor
at Reims. The many witnesses who wrote about Bruno praised his
three chief virtues - great spirit of prayer, mortification,
and devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
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