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(Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière)

Saint Michel terrassant le dragon

Saint Michael slaying the Dragon

Archangel, the field commander of the Army of God. He is often depicted slaying Satan represented as a dragon, and with a shield with text quis ut deus (Who is like God?, a literal translation of the name Michael).
(Wikipedia)

Paul-Émile Millefaut
1885

Lyon / Saint Michel terrassant le dragon

Description

Bronze statue of Saint Micheal slaying the dragon with his spear. The statue stands on top of the absis of the basilica of Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière.

Lyon - Saint Michel terrassant le dragon

Sculptor

Paul-Émile Millefaut (La Roche-de-Glun 1848 - Lyon 1907), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière.
Séverine Penlou, Rôles et fonctions de la sculpture religieuse à Lyon de 1850 à 1914 (thèse Lyon 2, 2008) (PDF on-line), cat. 153.
Gérald Gambier, Fourvière a symbolist Basilica (Lyon: idc éditions, 2016), p. 55

Locatie (N 45°45'44" - E 4°49'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra152; Photograph: 12 August 2018
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