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St. Eusebius
of Vercelli
Born - 2 March 283 in Sardinia
Died - 1
August 371 at Vercelli
Feastday
- 2 August
Statue
created - c.1668-1670
The statue is part of a group of 16
erected between May 1669 and August 1670
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
The statue was certainly carved by
Morelli as it stood comparison with the other eight cited in
payments on his behalf.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is represented
in bishop's robes.
Eusebius of Vercelli was a bishop, and along with Athanasius,
affirmed the divinity of Jesus against Arianism. He was the
first bishop in the West to organize the clergy of his
cathedral under a common rule of life, and so is counted as a
remote founder of the Canons Regular. For this reason he has a
statue on the façade of St John Lateran.
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Saints on South Colonnade
Curved Arm
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Saints on South Colonnade
Curved Arm
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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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