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3. St. Petronilla - Virgin
The 140 Saints of the Colonnade
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Location on North Colonnade

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Image from:
Le statue berniniane
del Colonnato di
San Pietro
©1987

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
St Petronilla on the colonnade in St Peter's Square

1st century, Virgin

Legendary daughter of St Peter

Feastday - 31 May

Mass on her feastday in St. Peter's is offered at her altar for France and attended by French residents of Rome.

Statue raised - 1666

Sculptor - Unknown

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in)

Restored - 1794: Metal pins added, Rebuilt the palm
(Integrazioni in fondo all'abito fermate con perni, rifatta la palma)
(ARF, II Piano, serie 5, vol. 27, fasc. 77, n.68)

 

 

 
Saints atop the north colonnade, entrance to St Peter's Square
North Colonnade Entrance

 

 

St Petronilla (center) at the entrance to the North Colonnade
St Petronilla and St Leonard

 
North Colonnade - St Clair to St Leonard
North Colonnade Saints 2 - 10
St Petronilla beside Pope Alexander VII's Coat of Arms
St Petronilla and Alexander VII Coat of Arms

 

Sources:
1Roma Sacra - San Pietro in Vaticano, Itineraries 21-22, ©Fabbrica of St. Peter's, July 2001
2Le statue berniniani del Colonnato di San Pietro, ©1987 by de Luca Editore s.t.l.

 

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