Cesare Aureli (1844 in

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– 1923) was an Italian sculptor and writer. ZaccariaVatican

Aureli was born in

, Italy. He began his studies at the

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in that same city. Aureli began his career as a sculptor working on the Torlonia Museum, and in the studio of the sculptor Eduard Müller. His independent works recall the sculptures of

Luca della Robbia Luca della Robbia (, also , ; 1399/1400–1482) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence. Della Robbia is noted for his colorful, tin-glazed terracotta statuary, a technique which he invented and passed on to his nephew Andrea della ...

, and can be admired on the facade of the

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in Rome. Aureli's statue of the St

Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known wit ...

was presented to Pope Leo XIII during his episcopal jubilee celebrations. There are two versions of this statue: the original in the

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(1889) and one under the entrance portico of the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'' on the

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. Aureli also made a marble group ''Galileo showing his astronomic model to Milton'' (1912), deeded to the University of Rome. He also planned statues of ''Torquato Tasso convalescing in Sant'Onofrio'' and ''The Graziella cuts her Hair'', which he intended to send to the poet

Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (; 21 October 179028 February 1869), was a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France. ...

, author of ''

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''. Aureli wrote novels, dramatist, and served as an art critic. He was made a cavaliere dell'ordine di San Gregorio. Among other works are a statue of cardinal Guglielmo Massaia (1893, Church of San Francesco al Tuscolo in

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; a statue of St Thomas Aquinas; Saints

Anthony Mary Zaccaria Anthony Maria Zaccaria, CRSP (Italian: Antonio Maria Zaccaria; 1502 – 5 July 1539) was an early leader of the Counter Reformation, the founder of religious orders (Barnabites) and a promoter of the devotion to the Passion of Christ, the Eucha ...

, Bonfiglio, and

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Jean-Baptiste de La Salle () (; 30 April 1651 – 7 April 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for tea ...

(1903, Basilica of St Peter's, Rome); and the statue of Saint Cecilia (in Santa Cecilia in Trastevere).Entry in Encyclopedia Treccani by A. M. Carnevalis Luzietti
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