June 29th is the Feast Day of St Peter and St Paul, the two patron saints of Rome. There are many statues of the two saints in the Eternal City, but my favourite pair casually recline above the entrance to the Palazzo del Quirinale. The statues (c. 1615) are the work of Stefano Maderno (St Peter) and Guglielmo Berthelot (St Paul). The two saints are distinguished by their traditional attributes: St Paul holds a sword, while St Peter clutches a pair of keys. Comments are closed.
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My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England. Since 2001 I have lived in Italy, where I run private walking tours of Rome.
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