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St.
Theodore of Tyro
Born - unknown
Died - c. 306 in Turkey
Feastday
- 17 February
Statue
created - c.1665-1667
The statue is part of a group of 24
that were installed between September 1662 and March 1667.
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
Attributed to Morelli because of the
connection with the statues of St Dionysus (96) and St Romanus
(99)
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is represented
as a young Roman soldier. He has a head of curly hair that is
lifted to the sky. The left hand is brought to his
chest, while the right holds a palm of martyrdom, now
deteriorated.
The
only reliable information that we have about St Theodore is
that he was a martyr in the early 4th century. The Roman
Martyrology mentions a speech by St Gregory of Nyssa that
reads, "At Amases on the Hellespont, the passion of St
Theodore Tyro, who was thoroughly beaten for adhering to
Christianity in the reign of the emperor Maximian and then
burned."
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Saints on South Colonnade
Alexander VII Coat of
Arms
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Saints on South Colonnade
Alexander VII Coat of
Arms
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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
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