Image: 9 22 rome peter basilica b 0517

Right:
St. Catherine of Alexandria
Died - c. Early Fourth Century

Feastday - 25 November

Statue created - c. 1662-1665
One of the 24 installed between September 1662 and March 1665

Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli
This statue is so akin to St Agnes (43) as to leave no doubt about the identity of the sculptor.

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Catherine is dressed in a tunic with a crown on her head. On her right, she leans against a wheel, a symbol of her martyrdom. Her left hand holds a scroll, the right holds the trunk of the palm of martyrdom.


Left:
St. Justin - Martyr
Born - c.100
Died - 165

Feastday - 1 June

Statue created - c.1665-1667
Part of a group of 24 installed from September 1662 to March 1667

Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli
Attribution to Morelli seems certain because of similarities in drapery with nearby St Agnes (43)

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
The saint is covered with a tunic that descends from the shoulder and surrounds the sides. Behind him, at his feet, is a plumed helmet and a tree trunk.


- St. Peter's Basilica: The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano, Rome, Italy. Completed on 18 November 1626 - Photograph by Michael Ghaly for St-Takla.org, September 22, 2014.

- صور كاتدرائية القديس بطرس الرسول، الفاتيكان، روما، إيطاليا. انتهى العمل بها في 18 نوفمبر 1626 م. - تصوير مايكل غالي لموقع الأنبا تكلاهيمانوت، 22 سبتمبر 2014 م.