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St. Fabiola
Died - 399
Feastday
- 27 December
Statue
created - 1667-1668
Part of a group of 16 statues
installed between May 1667 and July 1668.
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
The saint is represented in a tunic
without any attribute.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is dressed in a
tunic, with both hands across her chest.
Fabiola
was a wealthy widow who helped St Pammachius found a hospital.
She was among the noble Roman women under the
direction of St Jerome. He wrote that she led a penitential
life in service of the poor.
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Saints on the North Colonnade
27.
Fabiola and 26. Febronia
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Saints on North Colonnade
Alexander VII Coat of Arms
31. Marinus
30. Eusignius
29. Marcian
28. Nilammon
27. Fabiola
26. Febronia
25.
Mark
24. Mary of Egypt
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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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