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St Leonard,
being a patron of prisoners, is generally represented holding
chains in his hands, although his statue here seems to hold
a book.
Feastday
- November 6
Died
- c.559 of natural causes
Canonized - Pre-Congregation
Statue
Installed - 1666 is given as the date for its creation.
Sculptor
- It remains uncertain who did the work. Lazzaro Morelli,
Giovanni Maria de Rossi, Andrea Baratta and others were active
carving saints for the colonnade during this time.1
Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Restored
- 1794: Stucco for the drapery and the plinth base
(Stuccature di riempimento ed al plinto, ARF, II Piano serie
5, vol. 27, fasc. 77, n. 69)
This statue, like many others which are above the colonnade
entrance, is not attributable to any of the known sculptors
working in the Bernini studio.
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