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9. St. Ursula
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St. Ursula - Martyr
Died - c.383

Feastday - 21 October

Sculptor - Augustine Cornacchini
The statue was destroyed by lightning 5 October 1753.  It was rebuilt the following year by Cornacchini.

Statue created - 1754
The original was part of a group of 16 statues erected between July and December 1668.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
She is shown wrapped in a large cloak.  Her left hand supports the palm of martyrdom, while her right holds a flag, now fragmentary.

She was among a group of holy virgins who were killed in Cologne. Due to a lack of definite information, her commemoration was omitted from the General Roman Calendar when it was revised in 1969, but kept in the Roman Martyrology 



 10. Clare and 9. Ursula

 



10. Clare, 9. Ursula and 8. Agatha

 

 

 

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 s.t.l.

 

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