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Franciscan Monastery: Saint Christopher statue in Washington, D.C.
by John Joseph Earley (click name for more of that artist's work)
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With Saint Francis & the Turtledoves and Father Schilling in the background.
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St Christopher who for the love of God assisted wayfarers across a stream stream has because of his charity been invoked by many as the patron saint of those who travel by automobile.
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0002000/02202_0000020760 (added ca. 2006)
See James M. Goode's
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p338 Item #I-15)
(He excluded it from 'Washington Sculpture')
Medium: Cast stone
Artist: John Joseph Earley (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Religion
Location: 14th & Quincy Sts NE Washington, D.C. Franciscan Monastery
Nearest Metro: Brookland-CUA (Red) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000009 (dcMem ID #2202 )
| Goode's "Outdoor Sculpture" has this as one of its 327 entries but it isn't one of the 503 entries in "Washington Sculpture." The statue was still there as of 2009. |
Links & other sources
Monastery website
Wikipedia article on the monastery
Wash Theological Union website on Franciscans
Wikipedia article on Franciscans
Wikipedia article on Christopher
Monastery website on Earley
Church & State in Art website
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