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St. Simon
Date: 1704-1709
Artist: Francesco Moratti
• The statue is St. Simon the Zealot. His symbol here is a saw as later stories have him martyred by being sawn in two
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• All of the statues in the pillars are of the 12 apostles of Jesus (except St. Paul). These 12 pillars follow Revelation 21:14 which speak of the 12 apostles as the 12 foundations of the new Jerusalem
• The dove in the pediment is the heraldic device of the Pamphili. Pope Innocent X (1644-1655), a Pamphili, renovated the nave
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