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St. Felix
- Martyr
Died - c.68 AD
Feastday - 19 September
Sculptor
- Lorenzo Lironi
He received 80 scudi for the work.
It is probably an early work of Lironi, and is his only known
sculpture.
Statue
created - c.1702-1703
On 18 July 1702 Lironi signed an
agreement for the statue and delivered it on 4 August 1703.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is covered in
large drapery and gestures with his hand to an open book.
The
statue reveals a tendency to create movement and
expressiveness that is linked to the early models of Baroque
sculpture
A
tradition identifies Felix with a priest who was martyred
during the persecution of Nero, together with the noble matron
Constance. Because of conflicts in the ancient sources,
their historical details are uncertain. Their names have
been removed from the 2004 Roman Martyrology.
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Saints on South Colonnade
Charlemagne Wing
89. Achilleus, 88. Nerius
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Saints on South Colonnade
Charlemagne Wing
93. Crescentius, 92. Andrew Corsini
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Sources:
The Book of Saints, ©2002 Edited by Dom Basil Watkins, OSB
Le statue berniniani del Colonnato di San Pietro, ©1987 by de Luca
Editore s.t.l.
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