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St. Albert
Avogadro - Carmelite
Born - 1149
Died - 14 September 1214
Feastday - 17 September
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
Statue created - c.1667-1668
This statue is part of a group of sixteen that
were installed in December 1668.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is in the Carmelite habit and holds a lily.
He was Patriarch of Jerusalem, and wrote the original Carmelite
Rule of St Albert around 1210.
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7. Elizabeth
& 6. Albert
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6. Albert
& 5. Thecla
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6. Albert, 5. Thecla, 4. Vitale,
3. Petronilla, 2.Leonard
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Saints
at Entrance to North Colonnade
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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 s.t.l.
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