Luigi Fontana (9 February 1827 - 27 December 1908) was an Italian sculptor, painter and architect.

He was born at Monte San Pietrangeli, in the Marche, and was a pupil of Gaetano Palmaroli. Apart from his native town, his works are present in Rome in the basilicas of Santi Apostoli, San Lorenzo in Damaso, San Giovanni in Laterano, Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Maria sopra Minerva and other palaces, as well as in the cathedrals of Macerata, Montefiascone and Montalto Marche.

He also sculpted a large bronze statue of St. Philip the Syrian in Malta.

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