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Cody Swanson, a 28-year-old Minnesota sculptor who is one of the Florence’s Sacred Art School’s teachers, has created statues for churches in the U.S. and in Italy, including Foligno’s cathedral near Florence, where his work will be placed alongside that of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Some of Swanson’s art appears here. RNS photo by Alessandro Speciale

(RNS2-sept5) Cody Swanson, a 28-year-old Minnesota sculptor who is one of the Florence’s Sacred Art School’s teachers, has created statues for churches in the U.S. and in Italy, including Foligno’s cathedral near Florence, where his work will be placed alongside that of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Some of Swanson’s art appears here. For use with RNS-ART-SCHOOL, transmitted on September 5, 2013, RNS photo by Alessandro Speciale.