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St. John
- Martyr
Died - c.362 in Rome
Feastday - 26 June
Statue
created - c.1702-1703
On 12 January 1702 Felice agreed to
execute the statue, which he delivered on 10 August 1703.
Sculptor
- Vincenzo Felice
He received a down payment of 10 scudi
with a final balance of 70 scudi.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
John is depicted as a
warrior with armour adherent to the chest, and wrapped in a
large cloak. He holds the folds of his cloak in his right
hand, his left holds the stem of a palm leaf.
The
two martyrs John and Paul (62) are always venerated together.
A legend states that they were servants of Constantia, daughter of Constantine
the Great. John, along with his brother Paul, was beheaded during the
reign of Julian the Apostate.
The
Roman Martyrology 2004 says, "A basilica was dedicated in
their names on the Caelian hill, on Clivus Scauri, which was
the titulus of Pammachius the senator.'
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