What story has been assumed as the basis of Lorenzo Bernini's sculpture "E

Question:

What story has been assumed as the basis of Lorenzo Bernini's sculpture "Ecstasy of St. Theresa"?

The Ecstasy of St. Theresa is the central marble group of a sculpture complex designed and competed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for the Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome. It is considered one of the sculptural masterpieces of High Roman Baroque.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I don't know of a story , but the piece is mentioned in the title of a song by Peter Hammill, the lyrics follow, though reading them I suspect it is more concerned with religion than the sculpture.

The Lie (Bernini's St. Theresa)

Genuflection, erection in church.
Sacristy cloth, moth-eaten shroud.
Secret silence, sacred secrets
accumulate dust, aggravate the eye.

Incautious laughter after confession.
Benediction, fictional fear.
Hidden faces...Grace is a name,
like Chastity, like Lucifer, like mine.

You took me through the window-stain,
drowned in image, incense,
choir-refrain and slow ecstasy.
I'd embrace you if I only knew your name.

The silent corner haunts my shadow prayers.
ice-cold statue, rapture divine,
unconscious eyes, the open mouth,
the wound of love,
the Lie.

You took me, gave me reasons for
saints and missals, vigils,
all the more holy martyrs.
I'd embrace you and walk through
the one-way door.
I'd embrace you, but it would be
just another lie.