The tradition of rubbing Saint Peter’s right foot is supposed to bring you good luck and blessings—and even absolve you of your sins. On the statues where you can reach his foot, millions of hands have worn it smooth and shiny from centuries of this devotion. Sometimes the constant rubbing makes the foot appear deformed.
Suz and I always rubbed Saint Peter’s foot when we passed him in churches (the photo above was taken at Montmartre's Sacre Coeur). But we couldn’t reach this one in Sainte-Trinite.
The final photo was taken in the Saint-Sulpice church on the Left Bank.
