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St. Dionysus
Died - c.220
Feastday - 20 September
Removed from 2004 Roman Martyrology
Statue
created - c.1665-1667
It was one of the 24 placed on the
colonnade between September 1662 and March 1667.
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
Morelli was the most prolific of the
artists working for Bernini on the colonnade statues, with
over 45 of the saints attributed to him.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is represented
in breastplate with a cloak that fall from the shoulders. He
raises the right arm while the left holds the palm of
martyrdom, which now remains only a stalk.
The legend of Dionysus involves a group of martyrs crucified
at Perga in Pamphylia (now in Turkey). He was a soldier of the Roman army at the time of
Antonius Pius that converted to Christianity upon witnessing the
martyrdom of St Theodore.
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Saints on South Colonnade
Charlemagne Wing
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Saint on South Colonnade
Charlemagne Wing
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Sources:
The Book of Saints, ©2002 Edited by Dom Basil Watkins, OSB
Le statue berniniani del Colonnato di San Pietro, ©1987 by de Luca
Editore s.t.l.
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