Vatican City
Rome Italy
2016

Founder Statue by Pietro Pacilli, 1753

Born - 1550, Bocchianico, Naples
Died - July 14, 1614 in Rome
Canonized - 1746

Feast Day - July 18th.
Founded - Ministers of the Sick, 1591
(the Camellians)
Text on Statue
Book - MAIOREM CARITATEM NEMO HABET
Base - PETRUS PACILLI F(ecit) A(nno) 1753
Pedestal - S. CAMILLUS
CLER(icorum) MINISTR (antium) INFIRM (is)
FUNDATOR



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St. Peter’s Basilica is the largest church in the world. It stands above the spot where St Peter is thought to have been buried. The basilica is the second church to have been erected here; the first was built by Emperor Constantine the Great (r. 306-337) between 324 and 329.