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St. Paul
- Martyr
Died - c.362 in Rome
Feastday - 26 June
Statue
created - c.1702-1703
On 11 January 1702, Fucigna
agreed to execute the statue by May 1703.
Sculptor
- Andrea Fucigna
In 1703 he received 80 scudi for the
work.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is represented
as a beardless youth with his right arm raised and an eye to
the sky. Dressed in Roman military clothing, his left hand
holds the palm of martyrdom.
The
two martyrs Paul and John (63) are always venerated together.
A legend states that they were servants of Constantia, daughter of Constantine
the Great.
Paul, along with his brother John, 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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