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St. Martin
I
- Pope and Martyr
Papacy began - 21 July 649
Died - 16
September 655
Statue
created - c.1668-1670
The statue is part of a group of 16
installed between May 1669 and August 1670.
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
Morelli carved this statue as part of a
homogeneous group which includes numbers (111) to (115)
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is shown holding
his vestments, and the palm of martyrdom with his right hand.
He lays the other hand on his chest.
St
Martin summoned the Lateran Council of 649 to deal with the
Monothelites. He was actually kidnapped from the Lateran
Basilica by the exarch at Ravenna acting under the orders of
Emperor Constans II. After imprisonment at
Constantinople he was sent to the Crimea, where he died of
ill-treatment.
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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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