Episode 297 - Bernini’s “St. Bibiana” - Rocky Ruggiero

Episode 297 – Bernini’s “St. Bibiana”

September 25, 2024

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Rocky Ruggiero PhD

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In 1624, Pope Urban VIII commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to carve a statue of the early Christian saint, virgin, and martyr St. Bibiana. The result is one of Bernini’s most overlooked but by no means less beautiful statues.

Tags: art, arthistory, bernini, italian art, italianrenaissance, podcast, renaissance

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