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135. St. Bruno
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St. Bruno of Cologne
Born - c.1030
Died - 6 October 1101

Feastday - 6 October
Canonized - 1623 by Pope Gregory XV

Statue created - c.1670-1673
This statue is one of the group of 16 that were installed between August 1670 and March 1673.

Sculptor - Francesco Antonio Fontana
Attributed to him since he received payments for three statues from July 1671 to March 1673.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
This statue along with St Frances of Paola (127), share a flattened drapery.  This differentiates it from the nearby statues of Morelli.

In Catholic art, Bruno is often shown holding a skull, or with a miter at his feet, since he renounced being made bishop.

St. Bruno was the founder of the Carthusian Order, and a renowned teacher and diocesan chancellor at Reims. The many witnesses who wrote about Bruno praised his three chief virtues - great spirit of prayer, mortification, and devotion to the Blessed Virgin.

 

Saints on South Colonnade

136. Hilarion

135. Bruno

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Saints on South Colonnade

137. Jerome

136. Hilarion

135. Bruno

 

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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