Firenze - Statue dell'Orsanmichele

The Orsanmichele church was originally built as a grain market in 1337. Between 1380 and 1404, it was converted into a church used as the chapel of Florence's powerful craft and trade guilds. On the ground floor of the square building are the 13th-century arches that originally formed the loggia of the grain market. The second floor was devoted to offices, while the third housed one of the city's municipal grain storehouses, maintained to withstand famine or siege. Late in the 14th century, the guilds were charged by the city to commission statues of their patron saints to embellish the facades of the church. The sculptures seen today are copies, the originals having been removed to museums.

Via dell'Arte della Lana

Firenze - Sant'Elia e San Giovanni Battista

1. San Matteo / St. Matthew
one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the four Evangelists. His attribute is an angel. As patron saint of book-keepers, tax collectors and security forces, he is also depicted with writing utensils (Wikipedia).

by Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1419-23
Guild: Arte del Cambio (bankers)
(Wikipedia).

2. Santo Stefano / St. Stephen
protomartyr of Christianity, preached shortly after Jesus' crucifixion. He is condemned for blasphemy and stoned to death by an infuriated mob (Wikipedia).

by Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1427-28
Guild: Arte della Lana (wool manufacturers)
(Wikipedia).

3. Sant'Eligio / St. Eligius
588 - 660
patron saint of goldsmiths and other metalworkers (Wikipedia).

by Nanni di Banco, 1417-21
Guild: Arte dei Maniscalchi (farriers)
(Wikipedia).
See below for the relief

Via de' Lamberti

4. San Marco / St. Mark
one the four Evangelists. His attribute is a lion (Wikipedia).

by Donatello, 1411-13
Guild: Arte dei Linaiuoli e Rigattieri (linen-weavers and peddlers)
(Wikipedia).

5. San Jacopo / St. James
(d. 44), one of the Twelve Apostles. Patron saint of pilgrims, soldiers and cavalrymen. Depicted holding a pilgrim's staff decorated with a scallop shell. His remains are in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain) (Wikipedia).

by Niccolò di Pietro Lamberti (?), 1410-22
Guild: Arte dei Pellicciai (furriers).
See below for the relief

6. Madonna della Rosa / Madonna of the Rose
-

attributed to Piero di Giovanni Tedesco, c. 1399
Guild: Medici e Speziali (doctors and apothecaries)
(Wikipedia).

7. San Giovanni Evangelista / St. John the Evangelist
conventional name for the author of the Gospel of John - considered to be the same person as John the Apostle (Wikipedia).

by Baccio da Montelupo, 1515
Guild: Arte della Seta (silk merchants)
(Wikipedia).

Via de' Calzaiuoli

8. San Giovanni Battista / St. John the Baptist
(c. 6 BC- c. 36 AD), itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. He baptized Jesus at "Bethany beyond the Jordan." (Wikipedia).

by Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1411-16
Guild: Arte di Calimala (The Guild of Merchants of Calimala)
(Wikipedia).

9. Incredulità di San Tommaso / Christ and St. Thomas
St. Thomas, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Patron saint of architects, builders and land surveyors, usually holding a right-angle (Wikipedia).

by Andrea del Verrocchio, 1467-83
Guild: Tribunale di Mercanzia (merchants)
(Wikipedia).

10. San Luca / St. Luke
one of the four Evangelists. His attribute is an ox or bull, usually having wings (Wikipedia).

by Giambologna, 1597-1602
Guild: Giudici e Notai (magistrates and notaries)
(Wikipedia).

Via di Orsanmichele

11. San Pietro / St. Peter
(possibly died AD 67), apostle, first pope; patron saint of locksmiths and confessors. Usually holding the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven in his hand (Wikipedia)

by Filippo Brunelleschi and Donatello, 1408-13
Guild: Arte dei Beccai (butchers)
(Wikipedia).

12. San Filippo / St. Philip
one of the Twelve Apostles. He is protector of trinket merchants. He is depicted holding a cross in his left hand as a symbol of the way in which he died, and a book in his right hand as an emblem of dying for the Word of God (Wikipedia).

by Nanni di Banco, 1410-12
Guild: Arte dei Calzaiuoli (shoemakers)
(Wikipedia).

13. Quattro Santi Coronati / Four Crowned Martyrs
The four crowned saints (Castorius, Claudius, Sempronius and Nicostratus, and 4 or 5 others) were martyrs of Diocletian's time. They were traditionally sculptors who refused to erect a statue to god Aesculapius for the Emperor (Wikipedia).

by Nanni di Banco, 1410-12
Guild: Maestri di Pietra e Legname (wood and stone workers)
(Wikipedia).
See below for the relief

14. San Giorgio / St. George
(ca. 275/281 - 303), Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. He is immortalized in the tale of Saint George and the Dragon (Wikipedia)

by Donatello, 1415-17
Guild: Arte dei Corazzai (armourers)
(Wikipedia).
See below for the relief

Reliefs