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St. Damian
- Martyr
Born - c. Third Century Arabia
Died - c.287 in Syria
Feastday
- 26 September
Statue
created - c.1702-1703
Napolini received the
commission for the statue in January 1702 and delivered in
August 1703.
Sculptor
- Giuseppe Napolini
He received 80 scudi for the work.
This statue was carved simultaneously with the cherub holding
scrolls on the Monument to Clement X in St Peter's.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint turns to the
right, as if to look at his brother Cosmas. He has a wide
cloak with ample folds. With his left hand he holds the
palm of martyrdom.
Saints
Cosmas and Damian were twin brothers, physicians, and early
Christian martyrs under Diocletian. The twin martyrs are
invoked in the Canon of the Mass, and the Litany of the
Saints.
The
Roman Martyrology accepts the tradition that they were
martyred at Cyrrhus, which is now a ruined city called Khoros
in Syria.
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
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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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