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St. Marcian
Died - c. late third century
Feastday - 5 June
Statue
created - 1667-1668
It is part of the group of 16 sculpted
between May 1667 and Luly 1668.
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
The formal treatment of the statue
indicates Morelli as the author.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The beard and hair find a
clear response in St Gaetano (122) and St Joseph (131)
The
iconography of the statue and placement between martyrs who
died in the time of Diocletian, allow identification of St
Marcian, who is remembered along with Nicander and Apollonius in the Roman
Martyrology. They were allegedly severely tortured and locked
into a walled courtyard were they died of exposure.
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Saints on North Colonnade
29.
Marcian and 28. Nilammon
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Saints on North Colonnade
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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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