Statuary of St. Dunstan’s Basilica: “May God be praised in this Angels and in His Saints!”

Almost all the statuary in St. Dunstan’s Basilica was produced by the Montreal based Carli-Petrucci workshop in the early 20th century. Most of the Basilica’s statues bear the stamp of Thomas Carli and are made of plaster and horsehair. There are a total of 46 statues of angels and saints adorning the Basilica.

High up on the walls of the sanctuary and of the north and south transepts are 6, 5-foot statues of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Charles Borromeo,  St. Patrick, and St. John the Evangelist. 

The Basilica has a beautiful Pieta.  This statue depicts Mother Mary holding Jesus after He was taken down from the cross. The Pieta is part of the devotion of the seven sorrows of Mary and the Way of the Cross. The word pieta means “pity” in Italian. The sculptor Michelangelo made this depiction famous with his marble “Pieta” in 1499 located at St. Peters Basilica in Rome. 

Visitors to the Basilica are curious to know who the saints are represented in the statues on the high altar.  From left to right they are:

St. James the Less, an Apostle.

St. John Chrysostom, a 4th century Church Father.

St. Philip,  another Apostle.

St. Aloysius Gonzaga, a 16th century Jesuit.

St. Pope Gregory the Great,  a 5th Century Pope and Doctor of the Church.

St. Stanislaus Kostka, a 16th century Jesuit. 

St. Augustine, a 4th century Bishop and Doctor of the Church.

St. Peter, Apostle and the first Pope.

St. John the Evangelist, another Apostle of Jesus and gospel writer.

Mary the mother of Jesus.

St. Dunstan, a 10th century Bishop in England.  He is the Patron of this Cathedral Basilica. 

St. Joseph, husband of Mary and guardian of the Holy Family.

Apostles: St. Jude and St. Thomas.

St. Ambrose, 3rd Century Bishop and Doctor of the Church.

The Apostles: St. James the Greater, St. Simon the Zealot, St. Andrew, St. Mathias, and St. Bartholomew.

Please remain in the center area of the church for the next station.

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