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São Bento Menni

Saint Benedict Menni

Born as Angelo Ercole Menni
Milano, Italy, 1841 - Dinan, France, 1914
founder of the religious congregation known as the Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Wikipedia)

José Maria Cabral Antunes
1981

Description

Bronze bust.
In Angra do Heroísmo is an identical bust.

Inscription(s)

P. BENTO MENNI
fundador das
irmâs hospitaleiras do
sagrado coração de jesus
recordação do 1º centenário
1881-1981

Signature

Cabral Antunes

Sculptor

José Maria Cabral Antunes (Coimbra 1916 - Coimbra 1981), Portuguese sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).

Locatie (N 37°45'1" - W 25°41'7") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac042; Photograph: 22 June 2016
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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