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St
Thecla
Born - 30 AD
Died - First century
Feastday
- 23 September
Sculptor
- unknown
This statue is not attributed to any sculptor in the Bernini
studio, but is known for its classical beauty, and especially
for it type of drapery called "bagnato" (wet).
Statue
installed - c.1666
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
She holds a palm of
martyrdom with her left arm.
A reputed
pupil of the Apostle Paul, who is the heroine of the apocryphal
"Acts of Paul and Thecla".
Due to
a lack of historical information she was removed from the
Roman Martyrology, 2001.
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Saints
5. Thecla and 4. Vitale
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Sts.
5. Thecla,
4. Vitale, 3. Petronilla, 2.Leonard
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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 s.t.l.
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