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St. Teresa
of Jesus
Born - 28 March 1515 in Avila
Died - 4 October
1582 in Salamanca
Feastday
- 15 October
Canonized - 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
Statue
Installed - c.1703
On 15 July 1702, Frugoni undertook the
commission and delivered the statue on 6 September 1703.
Sculptor
- Valerio Frugoni
In 1702 he received a down payment of
10 scudi, with the balance of 70 scudi in 1703.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Her right hand holds a
flaming heart, her traditional attribute. Her left hand is
pressed against her habit, perhaps an allusion to
transverberation.
Teresa
was a Carmelite nun, author and prominent Spanish mystic. She
is considered the founder of the Discalced Carmelites. She was
named Doctor of the
Church in 1970 by Paul VI.
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
57.
Juliana
56. Teresa
55. Francis de Sales
54. Francis Borgia
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
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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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