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Person: Saint Peter
St. Francis de Sales Walls
Henry Dandurand Dagit (Architect),
Adolfo de Nesti,
1907
* Representations of Ezekiel (statue),
Gabriel (relief),
Isaiah (probable statue),
Jesus (multiple reliefs),
Saint John (statue),
Joseph (relief),
Saint Luke (statue),
The Magi (relief),
Saint Mark (statue),
Mary (multiple reliefs),
Saint Matthew (statue),
Saint Paul (statue),
Saint Peter (statue)
and
Pontius Pilate (relief)
* people
sitting, kneeling,
standing,
headgear,
book,
manger,
furniture,
staff,
sheep,
ox,
heads,
winged people,
Christian ideas, words, and symbols
* The angel in the first picture is on the North side of the building. Over the West Entrance is a relief of the adoration of the magi flanked by Ezekiel and presumably Isaiah as there is a tradition of pairing them with that subject. On the North side there are three entrances with reliefs above them and relief panels between them, including Jesus standing before Pilate. The first entrance, on the left, has a relief of the annunciation, flanked by Matthew and Mark. The main entrance, with a relief of Mary, a child Christ, and angels, is flanked by Peter and Paul, and the right entrance is a relief pieta flanked by Luke and John.
* inscription:
West entrance: THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH
Left North entrance: HAIL, FULL OF GRACE
Center North entrance: MY EYES SHALL BE OPEN AND MY EARS ATTENTIVE TO THE PRAYERS OF HIM THAT SHALL PRAY IN THIS HOUSE
Right North entrance: CHRIST DIED FOR US.
* Walls.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church.
Northeast corner, 47th and Springfield.
* 39.947150,-75.215194 [map] [nearby]
* On the Cedar Park, Clark Park, Portal tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Henry Dandurand Dagit page
+post about the life and work of Adolfo de Nesti at sfdshistory.wordpress.com
+wikipedia.org's Ezekiel page
+wikipedia.org's Gabriel page
+wikipedia.org's Isaiah page
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's John the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Saint Joseph page
+wikipedia.org's Luke the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Magi page
+wikipedia.org's Mark the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mary, mother of Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's Matthew the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Paul the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Pontius Pilate page
+desalesphilly.com
Saint Peter
Joseph Sibbel,
1915 (installed)
* Statue of Saint Peter
* standing person,
keys
* The artist and year were provided by Delma Tallerico in 2012. Conflicting information can be found elsewhere.
* North end of the front wall.
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
East side of 18th Street, North of the Parkway.
* 39.957650,-75.169010 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Joseph Sibbel page
+cathedralphila.org
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
