A Guide to
​St Peter's Basilica

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The Thirty-Nine Statues
​of Founder Saints

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St Peter of Alcantara & St Lucy Filippini

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The thirty-nine statues in the niches of the nave, transepts and tribune, depict saints who founded religious orders or institutes. The first statue was added in 1706, the last in 1954.

Moving clockwise round the church:

Nave: Left Side

St Peter of Alcantara by Francisco Vergara Bartual

St Lucia Filippini by Silvio Silva

​St Peter of Alcántara (1499-1562) by Francisco Vergara Bartual, 1753.
Founder of the Alcantarini. 

St Lucy Filippini (1672-1732) by Silvio Silva, 1949. 
​Founder of the 'Filippini Sisters'.

St Camillus de Lellis by Pietro Pacilli

St Louis de Montfort by Giacomo Parisini

St Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614) by Pietro Pacilli, 1753. 
Founder of the Camillians.

St Louis de Montfort (1673-1716) by Giacomo Parisini, 1948. 
​Founder of the Company of Mary.

St Ignatius of Loyola by Camillo Rusconi

St Anthony Zaccaria by Cesare Aureli

St Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) by Camillo Rusconi, 1733. 
Founder of the Society of Jesus.

​St Anthony Zaccaria (1502-39) by Cesare Aureli, 1909.
Founder of the Barnabites. 

St Francis of Paola by Giovanni Battista Maini

St Peter Fourier by Louis Noel Nicoli

St Francis of Paola (1416-1507) by Giovanni Battista Maini, 1732.
Founder of the Minim friars.

St Peter Fourier (1565-1640) by Louis Noel Nicoli, 1899. 
​Founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame.

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Left Transept

St Juliana Falconieri by Paolo Campi

St Angela Merici by Pietro Galli

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St Juliana Falconieri (1270-1341) by Paolo Campi, 1740. 
Founder of the Servite Tertiaries.

St Angela Merici (1474-1550) by Pietro Galli, 1866.
​Founder of the Ursulines. 

St Norbert by Pietro Bracci

St William by Giuseppe Prinzi

St Norbert of Xanten (1080-1134) by Pietro Bracci, 1767. 
Founder of the 'Norbertines'.

St William of Vercelli (1085-1142) by Giuseppe Prinzi, 1878.
​Founder of the 'Williamites'. 

St Peter Nolasco by Paolo Campi

St Louise de Marillac by Antonio Berti

St Peter Nolasco (1189-1256) by Paolo Campi, 1742. 
Founder of the 'Mercedarians'.

St Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) by Antonio Berti, 1954.
​Founder of the Daughters of Charity. 

St John of God by Filippo della Valle

St Mary Euphrasia Pellettier by Giovanni Niccolini

​St John of God (1495-1550) by Filippo Della Valle, 1745. 
Founder of the Brothers Hospitallers. 

St Euphrasia Pelletier (1796-1868) by Giovanni Niccolini, 1940. 
​Founder of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. 

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Tribune: Left Side

St Francis of Assisi by Carlo Monaldi

St Alphonsus de Liguori by Pietro Tenerani

St Francis of Assisi (c. 1181-1226) by Carlo Monaldi, 1727. 
Founder of the 'Franciscans'.

St Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787) by Pietro Tenerani, 1839. 
​Founder of the 'Redemptorists'. 

St Benedict by Antonio Montauti

St Frances of Rome by Pietro Galli

St Benedict (480-547) by Antonio Montauti, 1735. 
Founder of the 'Benedictines'. 

​St Frances of Rome (1384-1440) by Pietro Galli, 1850. 
[St Frances was not actually the founder of an order, but only of a Roman nunnery of Benedictine oblates.

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Tribune: Right Side

Prophet Elijah by Agostino Cornacchini

St Francis de Sales by Adamo Tadolini

Prophet Elijah by Agostino Cornacchini, 1727.
Putative founder of the Carmelites. 

St Francis de Sales (1567-1622) by Adamo Tadolini, 1845. 
​Founder of the 'Visitationists'.

St Dominic by Pierre Le Gros the Younger

St Francis Caracciolo

St Dominic (1170-1221) by Pierre Le Gros the Younger, 1706.
Founder of the 'Dominicans'.

St Francis Caracciolo (1563-1608) by Francesco Labourer & Innocenzo Fraccaroli, 1834.
Founder of the Minor Clerks Regular.

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Right Transept

St Cajetan Thiene by Carlo Monaldi

St Frances Cabrini by Enrico Tadolini

St Cajetan (1480-1547 by Carlo Monaldi, 1738.
Founder of the 'Theatines'.

St Francesca Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) by Enrico Tadolini, 1947.
​Founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart.

St. Jerome Emiliani by Pietro Bracci

St Joan Thouret

St Jerome Emiliani (1486-1537) by Pietro Bracci, 1756.
Founder of the 'Somaschi Fathers'. 

St Joan Thouret (1765-1826) by Enrico & Carlo Quattrini, 1949.
​Founder of the Sisters of Charity.

St Joseph Calasanz by Innocenzo Spinazzi

St Bonfilius Monaldi by Cesare Aureli

St Joseph Calasanz (1557-1648) by Innocenzo Spinazzi, 1755.
Founder of the 'Piarists'.

St Bonfilius Monaldi (c. 1040 - c. 1115) by Cesare Aureli, 1906.
​Co-founder of the Servites.

St Bruno by Michelangelo Slodtz

St Paul of the Cross by Ignazio Jacometti

St Bruno (c. 1030 - 1101) by Michelangelo Slodtz, 1744.
Founder of the 'Carthusians'. 

St Paul of the Cross (1694-1775) by Ignazio Jacometti, 1876.
Founder of the 'Passionists'.

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Nave: Right Side

St John Bosco by Pietro Canonica

St John Bosco (1815-1888) by Pietro Canonica, 1936.
​Founder of the 'Salesians'.

St Philip Neri by Giovanni Battista Maini

St Philip Neri (1515-95) by Giovanni Battista Maini, 1734.
Founder of the 'Oratorians'.

St John Baptist de la Salle (1651-1719) by Cesare Aureli, 1904.
​Founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

St Vincent de Paul by Pietro Bracci

St John Eudes by Silvio Silva

St Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) by Pietro Bracci, 1754.
Founder of the 'Lazarists'.

St John Eudes (1601-80) by Silvio Silva, 1932.
​Founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary.

St Teresa of Avila by Filippo della Valle

St Sofia Maddalena Barat by Enrico Quattrini

St Teresa of Avila (1515-82) by Filippo Della Valle, 1754.
Founder of the Discalced Carmelites.

St Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865) by Enrico Quattrini, 1934.
​Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart.

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