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St. Dominic
Born - 1170
Died - 6 August 1221
Feastday
- 8 August
Canonized - 1234 by Gregory IX
Statue
Installed - 1668
The statue is part of a group erected
between July and December 1668.
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
Morelli was the most prolific of the
artists working for Bernini on the colonnade statues.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
St Dominic wears the habit of the
Dominican order, which he founded, with scapular and hood and
a tonsure on his head. In his left hand he holds a lily. His foot rests on a closed book,
which can be symbolic of a heretical work, as a major impetus
in founding the Dominicans was to fight heresy.
The
spread of the Rosary is attributed to St Dominic. He
founded the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), which was
successful with conversions, as it applied his concept of
harmmonizing the intellectual life with popular needs.
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Saints on the North Colonnade
25. Mark
24.Mary of
Egypt
23.Ephraim
22. Theodosia
21.
Macrina
20. Dominic
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Saints on the North Colonnade
20. Dominic
19. Francis of Assisi
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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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