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St. Marcellinus
Died - 413
Feastday - 13 September
Statue
created - c.1702-1703
Zena began to work the statue in
1702 and finished it in March 1703.
Sculptor
- Agostino Zena
He received 80 scudi for the work. This
the only know work of the stonemason Zena.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is leaning
against a tree trunk and dressed in a simple mantle. He brings
the right hand to the heart in a gesture of supplication.
Little
is known of Marcellinus. a Roman official and friend of Sts
Augustine and Jerome. He presided in the 411 conference in Carthage
between Catholic bishops and the Donatists. Accused of
complicity with Heraclean, he was martyred in 413. He was not
listed in the Roman Martyrology until the revision by
Baronius in 1586.
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Saints on South Colonnade
Charlemagne Wing
73.
Marcellinus, 72. Mark
71. Bonaventure
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Saints
on South Colonnade
Charlemagne Wing
leading up to St Peter's
(81) to
(71)
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79. Sebastian, 78. Fabian
77. Prudentia, 76. Praxedes
73. Marcellinus, 72. Mark
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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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