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St. Paul-First Hermit
Born - c.228
Died - c.343 Egypt
Feastday
- 10 January
Statue
created - c.1672
It's part of a group of 16 installed
between August 1670 and March 1673.
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
Payment was made to Morelli in June
1672 for 80 scudi.
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The old venerable saint is
dressed in woven palm leaves. He holds the bread, which
according to legend, a raven brought every day to his cave.
The
face is similar to the St Athanasius on the Chair of St Peter,
where Morelli had worked with Bernini from 1661 to 1663.
He
is regarded as the first Christian hermit. The Life of St Paul
the First Hermit was written by St Jerome.
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