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St Leonard of Noblac
Died - c.559

Feastday - 16 November

Statue created - c.1666

Sculptor - Unknown
This statue, like others above the colonnade entrance, is not attributable to any of the known sculptors working in the Bernini studio. Lazzaro Morelli, Giovanni Maria de Rossi, Andrea Baratta and others were active carving saints for the colonnade during this time.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Represented in monastic robes, the saint's right hand is raised while his left holds a book.

St Leonard is the traditional founder of the abbey of Noblac, around which the town of Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat grew. As a monastic founder, it's appropriate that he holds a rule book as an attribute. The Roman Martyrology 2004 describes him simply as a hermit.