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St. Francis
de Sales
Born - 21 August 1567
Died - 28 December 1622
Feastday
- 24 January
Canonized - 1665 by Pope Alexander VII
Statue
Installed - c.1702-1703
The sculptor agrees on 1 August
1702 to deliver the statue by 4 July 1703
Sculptor
- Paolo Reggiani
He received payment of 80 scudi during
1703.
The work is rather crude and rough in the upper body,
but the face draws characteristics from the funeral mask of
the saint.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Francis is depicted with
his eyes looking up and his hands across his chest. At
his feet is a miter, rarely present in the iconography of the
saint.
Francis de Sales was a Bishop of Geneva but never set
foot there, because it was controlled by the Calvinists.
However, he almost extirpated Calvinism from the Chablis
region by his preaching and example. He was declared a Doctor
of the Church primarily because he taught that a life of
prayer is possible to any person in any state of life, and the
prayer life must be tailored to each state of life.
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
57.
Juliana
56. Theresa
55. Francis de Sales
54. Francis Borgia
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Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing
55.
Francis de Sales
54. Francis Borgia
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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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