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St. Candida
- Martyr
Feastday - 3 October
Statue
carved - 1667-1668
It is part of a group of 16 statues
installed between May 1667 and July 1668.
Sculptor
- unknown
The rough modeling reveals the hand of a mediocre sculptor
who cannot be identified with anyone working during this time.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Due to the poor quality of
the travertine, the statue has undergone significant
restoration.
This
saint was a martyr buried in the Catacombs of Pontian on the
Via Portuense.
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Saints on North Colonnade
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Saints on North Colonnade
Below Apostolic Palace
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41. Pontian
40. Columba
39. Mamas
38. Malchus
37.
Benignus
36. Barbara
35. Fausta
34. Candida
33. Apollonius
32. Didymus |
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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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