Updated: A 6-foot bronze statue of St. Francesco di Paola will be installed on the 5-foot-tall pedestal left bare when a city crew removed the Columbus statue in July 2020.
Sam Greco is seeking the city's approval to erect a 6-foot bronze statue of San Francesco di Paola in Piazza Italia Park, where a figure of Christopher Columbus once stood.Three years after a statue of explorer Christoper Columbus was vandalized and ordered removed from a downtown park, a new statue could go up in its place.
The Columbus statue and name, for some groups, was a “symbol of pain and, for another [group], a symbol of heritage,” said Roberto Treviño, District 1 councilman at the time. The subject of the new statue to be installed in Piazza Italia has special meaning for those early settlers and for Greco. He died in 1507, having never been ordained a priest, and was canonized in 1519. He is the patron saint of boatmen, mariners and naval officers, and thus often depicted sailing across the sea on his cloak.
In San Antonio, several plaques are planned for the pedestal bearing the new statue. One will feature a narrative about San Francesco di Paola and another the history of the Italian American community in the area of the park.
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