Which early church doctors support Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Throne of St. Peter?

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Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne — Gian Lorenzo Bernini *Apollo and Daphne*, marble sculpture by Lorenzo Bernini, 1622–25; in the Borghese Gallery, Rome.

The Cathedra Petri, or the Throne of St. Peter, is supported by four colossal bronze figures representing the following doctors of the early church:

Saint Ambrose
Saint Athanasius
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Augustine

These figures serve as a symbolic foundation for the medieval wooden throne of the pope, which is encased within the gilt-bronze structure.1