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Image
from:
Le statue berniniane
del Colonnato di
San Pietro
©1987
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A reputed
pupil of the Apostle Paul, who is the heroine of the apocryphal
"Acts of Paul and Thecla"
Feastday
- 23 September
Statue
installed - 1666
Sculptor
- unknown
This statue is not attributed to any sculptor in the Bernini
studio, but is known for its classical beauty, and especially
for it type of drapery called "bagnato" (wet).
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Restored
- 1794: Remade the Palm and Stuccoed the Base (rifatta la
palma e stuccato il plinto)
(ARF, II Piano, serie 5, vol 27, fasc. 77, n. 66)
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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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