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St.
Vincent of Saragossa
Born - 3rd century
Died - c.304
Feastday - 22 January
Statue
Installed - c.1702-1703
Payments for 80 scudi were made
from 1702 to February 1703.
Sculptor
- Francesco Pincellotti
This is the first known work of
the stonemason Pincellotti.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is portrayed as
a beardless youth, wearing a tunic and holding in his left
hand the the palm of martyrdom. The right forearm is missing.
St
Vincent of Saragossa, Spain was a deacon martyred in Valencia
in 304 during the persecutions of Diocletian.
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
61.
Vincent
60. Anastasius
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
60. Anastasius
- Far Right
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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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