Saint Charles Borromeo is shown doing penance for his people. The Latin text on either side of the statue translates: "Guard Your Church, O Lord, under the protection of Saint Charles." The Statue was blessed by Giovanni Cardinal Montini, who was successor to Saint Charles as Cardinal Archbishop of Milan. Cardinal Montini visited the Cathedral in 1960 only a few years before being elected Pope Paul VI in 1963.

Saint Charles Borromeo