Statues - Hither & Thither

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Angra do Heroísmo
(Fr. de Nossa Senhora da Conceição)
Terceira (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Rua Doutor Aníbal Bettencourt 251
(Casa de Saúdo Espírito Santo)

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
c. 1980?

Description

Bronze bust on a console at the entrance of the hospital.
In Ponta Delgada is an identical bust.

Inscription(s)

SÃO BENTO
MENNI

Signature

Cabral Antunes

Sculptor

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

Locatie (N 38°40'13" - W 27°12'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac144; Photograph: 30 June 2016
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