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St. Thomas Aquinas
Born - 28 January 1225 in Roccasecca
Died - 7 March 1274 in
Fossanova
Feastday
- 28 January
Canonized - 1323 by Pope John XXII
Statue
created - c.1702-1703
Protopapa received 80 scudi for
work on the statue from November 1702 to December 1703.
Sculptor
- Girolamo Protopapa
This is the only known work of the
sculptor. The artistic opinion has not been favorable
due to the heavy structure of this statue.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint wearing the
Dominican habit, holds the open book of his Summa in his left
hand. His right hand stretches toward St Peter's
Basilica, and on his chest is a radiated sun.
The
Dominican priest is considered the Church's greatest
philosopher and theologian. He is known as the "Angelic
Doctor".
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
near St
Peter's Basilica
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
near St
Peter's Basilica
below Sistine Chapel
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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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