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61. St. Vincent
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St. Vincent of Saragossa
Born - 3rd century
Died - c.304

Feastday - 22 January

Statue Installed - c.1702-1703
Payments for 80 scudi were made from 1702 to February 1703.

Sculptor - Francesco Pincellotti
This is the first known work of the stonemason Pincellotti.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is portrayed as a beardless youth, wearing a tunic and holding in his left hand the the palm of martyrdom. The right forearm is missing.

St Vincent of Saragossa, Spain was a deacon martyred in Valencia in 304 during the persecutions of Diocletian.

 

 

Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing

63. John
62. Paul

61. Vincent
60. Anastasius

Saints on North Colonnade
Constantinian Wing

60. Anastasius - Far Right

 

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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