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Statue of San Sebastian during the parade on the occasion of “The Feast of San Gennaro 2021” in Little Italy. No Italian feast is complete without food, and St. Joseph is honored with culinary ...

Saint Florian, left, and Saint Michael, right, are depicted in 10-foot, bronze patron saint statues commissioned to adorn Quincy's new public safety building. Office of Mayor Thomas Koch.

No tradition exists that would justify erecting statues of St. Michael and Saint Florian in front of a public safety building, according to the letter.

Such is the riddle of Saint Sebastian, a middle-aged Roman soldier killed for converting to Christianity. His story became a favored subject matter in the 16th and 17th centuries painted by ...

Quincy mayor defends $850,000 patron saint statues at public safety building “People in the end will understand that it’s beautiful public art," Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said in a radio interview.

Sebastian Heber, head of the Berlin State Monuments Office’s department for preservation of historical monuments, called this statuette and the one depicting Saint Catherine “extremely rare ...

The statues represent the patron saints of police and firefighters respectively, on the new public safety headquarters set to open in October. The pair of bronze statues will cost a combined $850,000.

The statues cost $850,000, which Quincy Mayor Thomas said doesn’t change the “bottom line” of the new public safety building’s budget. When asked if City Council knew about the commission ...