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St.
Nilammon
Died - 403
Feastday
- 6 June
Statue
created - 1667-1668
The statue is part of a group of 16
built between May 1667 and July 1668.
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
The chiaroscuro of the drapery favors
an attribution to Morelli.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The statue has its protype
in the Farnese Hercules.
Nilammon was a hermit who died in Egypt.
It was believed that he refused an appointment to be a Bishop
of Geres, and then locked himself in his cell. His listing was
removed from the Roman Martyrology 2001.
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Saints on the North Colonnade
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Saints on North Colonnade
Alexander VII Coat of Arms
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31. Marinus
30. Eusignius
29. Marcian
28. Nilammon
27. Fabiola
26. Febronia
25.
Mark
24. Mary of Egypt |
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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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