Statue of Pope John XXIII

History

The statue was made in Italy^[5] and first erected in the garden of the St. Esprit Church in Harbiye, Şişli, unveiled when Pope Benedict XVI visited Istanbul on November 30, 2006.^[6] It was later relocated to the Church of St. Anthony of Padua.

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