Simon the Apostle

On the top of the big column. Saint Simon (Peter) the apostle points the way to the pilgrims towards Rome on the Via Francigena. On the roll the inscription: SIMON APOSTOLUS EUNDI ROMAM DEMONSTRAT HANC VIAM (Simon the Apollte points that this way goes to Rome). The sculpture, the only one from Canterbury to Rome with so clear a wording, is carved in an only block of sandstone.