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St. Silvester
Papacy began - 31 January 314
Died - 31 December 335
Feastday
- 31 December
Statue
created - c.1668-1670
The statue is part of a group of 16
installed between May 1669 and August 1670.
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
Morelli carved this statue as part of a
homogeneous group which includes numbers (111) to (115)
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The pope holds his cope
with his left hand, and his right holds a bowl in memory of
the baptism of the Emperor Constantine.
During
his pontificate, Constantine founded several churches in Rome
- St John Lateran, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme and Old St
Peter's. Though some art in Rome depicts him baptizing
Constantine, the emperor was baptized at Nicomedia in Turkey,
after this pope had died.
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Saints on South Colonnade
Curved Arm
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Saints on South Colonnade
Curved Arm
114.
Sylvester - Far Left
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Sources:
The Book of Saints, ©2002 Edited by Dom Basil Watkins, OSB
Le Statue Berniniani del Colonnato di San Pietro by Valentino
Martinelli ©1987 by de Luca
Editore s.t.l.
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