Stefano
Maderno, St. Cecilia
1599
Marble
Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
In the sculpture, St. Cecilia extends three fingers with her right hand
and one with her left, testifiying to the Trinity, three persons in one
God. The sculptor attested that this was how her body looked when
her tomb was opened in 1599.
More of Saint Cecilia
Photographed at the
site by Richard Stracke
