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 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 Supreme Pontiff
linked to: Pope
commissionedBy Pope Alexander VII (for Bernini’s setting)
linked to: Pope Alexander VII
completedInEnclosingSetting 1666 (Bernini’s Cathedra Petri)
conservationStatus enshrined and not used as an ordinary seat
country Vatican City
dedicatedTo Saint Peter the Apostle
linked to: Apostle Peter
designerOfEnclosingSculpture Gian Lorenzo Bernini
ecclesiasticalStatus major papal symbol
enclosedBy bronze sculptural throne by Bernini
enshrinedWithin Bernini’s Cathedra Petri sculpture
feastDate 22 February
historicalAttribution traditionally linked to Saint Peter’s episcopal chair
iconographyIncludes Doctors of the Church (in Bernini’s sculpture)
Holy Spirit as a dove (in the stained-glass window above)
languageOfName Latin
LatinName Cathedra Sancti Petri
linked to: Cathedra 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
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
symbolizes apostolic succession from Saint Peter
authority of the Bishop of Rome
papal magisterium
teaching authority of the Pope
timePeriodOfEnclosingSculpture 17th century
usedBy Bishop of Rome
linked to: Pope

Pope
visibleTo pilgrims
tourists

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Cathedra Petri depicts Throne of Saint Peter
Cathedra Petri alsoKnownAs Throne of Saint Peter