Sculptures on the Façade of the Cathedral
The front pediment of the Cathedral is decorated with three monumental statues: St. Stanislaus, St. Helen and St. Casimir. The tympanum portrays the sacrifice of Noah after survival of the flood. Five relief sculptures (made by Tomasso Righi; 1786–1792) recount the events described in the Acts of the Apostles: the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles, Peter preaching to the crowd, the cure of a lame man in the name of Christ, Paul reviving a youth who had died, and the unexpected deaths of Ananias and Sapphira who had tried to deceive the Christian community. The niches on the front façade contain statues of Abraham and Moses from the Old Testament. Next to them but closer to the entrance, there are evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, who are preachers of the New Testament.
