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Abbot Luigi (Romanesco: Abbate Luiggi; Italian: Abate Luigi) is one of the talking statues of Rome. Like the other five talking statues pasquinades – irreverent satires poking fun at public figures – were posted beside Abate Luigi in the 14th and 15th centuries.The statue is a late Roman sculpture of a standing man in a toga probably a senior magistrate. It was found during the excavations for the foundations of the Palazzo Vidoni-Caffarelli near the Theatre of Pompey.
