Throne of Saint Peter

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The Throne of Saint Peter is a revered relic and symbolic episcopal seat of the Pope, enshrined within Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s monumental Baroque sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica.

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Throne of Saint Peter canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic devotional object
Christian relic
liturgical furnishing
relic
symbolic episcopal seat
alsoKnownAs Cathedra Petri
Chair of Saint Peter
artStyleOfEnclosingSculpture Baroque
associatedWithBasilica St. Peter's Basilica
surface form: Major Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican
associatedWithDoctrine Petrine primacy
infallible magisterium (symbolically)
associatedWithFeast Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter
associatedWithOffice papacy
associatedWithTitle Pope
surface form: Supreme Pontiff
commissionedBy Pope Alexander VII
surface form: Pope Alexander VII (for Bernini’s setting)
completedInEnclosingSetting 1666 (Bernini’s Cathedra Petri)
conservationStatus enshrined and not used as an ordinary seat
country Vatican City
dedicatedTo Apostle Peter
surface form: Saint Peter the Apostle
designerOfEnclosingSculpture Gian Lorenzo Bernini
ecclesiasticalStatus major papal symbol
enclosedBy bronze sculptural throne by Bernini
enshrinedWithin Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
surface form: Bernini’s Cathedra Petri sculpture
feastDate 22 February
historicalAttribution traditionally linked to Saint Peter’s episcopal chair
iconographyIncludes Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
surface form: Doctors of the Church (in Bernini’s sculpture)

Holy Spirit as a dove (in the stained-glass window above)
languageOfName Latin
LatinName Cathedra Petri
surface form: Cathedra Sancti Petri
liturgicalFunction symbolic cathedra of the Pope
liturgicalSignificance represents the teaching office of the Church
locatedIn Vatican City
apse of St. Peter’s Basilica
material ivory (decorative elements, traditional attribution)
metal (reinforcements and ornamentation)
wood
partOf St. Peter's Basilica
surface form: St. Peter’s Basilica
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
symbolizes apostolic succession from Saint Peter
authority of the Bishop of Rome
papal magisterium
teaching authority of the Pope
timePeriodOfEnclosingSculpture 17th century
usedBy Pope
surface form: Bishop of Rome

Pope
visibleTo pilgrims
tourists

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Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini depicts Throne of Saint Peter
subject surface form: Cathedra Petri
Cathedra Petri alsoKnownAs Throne of Saint Peter