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St.
Elizabeth of Portugal - Queen
Born - 1271, Kingdom of Aragon
Died - 4 July 1336, Kingdom of Portugal
Feastday
- 4 July
Canonized
- 25 May 1625 by Pope Urban VIII
Statue
created - c.1667-68
This statue is one of the group of sixteen erected
between July and December 1668.
Sculptor
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Lazzaro
Morelli
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The statue
of St Elizabeth is closely allied in terms of iconography
and formality with those of St Clare and St Catherine of Siena.
These show the artist Morelli modeling a wide range of moves
with large expansive folds.
St
Elizabeth was married to King Diniz. Named after her
great-aunt St Elizabeth of Hungary, she dedicated her life to
the poor, establishing orphanages and homeless shelters. She
is shown dressed as a nun, because as a widow she lived as a
Franciscan tertiary at a Poor Clare convent at Coimbra.
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Saints Agatha and Elizabeth
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Saints Elizabeth and Albert
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North Colonnade Saints
Clair, Ursula, Agatha, Elizabeth, Albert
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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 s.t.l.
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