Placed on the North walkway, this proud and well-dressed character places his right hand on his heart, with a solemn manner. Shoulders back and gaze upwards, he is about to make an important promise, solid and lasting like stone. The gaze straight and slightly upwards seems directed at the landscape in front, which on clear days shows the Prealps. Today the gaze of the Milanese is interspersed with new skyscrapers, but the emotions are always the same, those of the ancient travellers and writers who have fixed, in their hearts and with their pens, emotions that have never disappeared. The Saint, then, engraves his promise on the rock of the Prealps: from stone to stone, from raw material to finished work. He assures his words to time, which is measured by the longevity of marble.

Tales of the statue in Dome’s building site:

Archive studies have not yet yielded any certain data on the attribution of this statue. There is no information about the name of the author or the period of its creation and there is no certainty whether it is the original or a reproduction.