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Study Drawing
for the Statue2
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St. Albert
- Carmelite
He was Patriarch of Jerusalem, and wrote the original Carmelite
Rule of St Albert around 1210.
The saint is in the Carmelite habit and holds a lily.
Feastday
- Sept 25
Statue
Installed - This statue is part of a group of sixteen that
were installed in December 1668
Sculptor
- Lazzaro Morelli
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Restored
- 1794, Restored part of the head and the rear folds of the
habit. Stucco on statue and base.
(riattaccata una parte della testa e resarcite le pieghe posteriori
dell' abito; stuccature alla statue ed al plinto)
(ARF , II piano, serie 5, vol. 27, fasc. 77, n.65)
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Sources:
1Roma Sacra - San Pietro in Vaticano, Itineraries 21-22, ©Fabbrica
of St. Peter's, July 2001
2Le statue berniniani del Colonnato di San Pietro, ©1987 by de Luca
Editore s.t.l.
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