Claim: Abbot Luigi is a talking statue of a standing man in a toga which was named after a hermit and was found during the excavations for the foundations of the Palazzo Vidoni-Caffarelli.
Evidence: Abbot Luigi (Romanesco: Abbate Luiggi; Italian: Abate Luigi) is one of the talking statues of Rome. The original identity of the person depicted has not been determined, and it was named after a clergyman from the nearby chiesa del Sudario. It was found during the excavations for the foundations of the Palazzo Vidoni-Caffarelli, near the Theatre of Pompey.