The statue came to the US back in 1946 to be used in a parade, and stayed with the Carito family for three generations.
Saint Pantaleon is a 3rd-century saint born in Nicomedia, an ancient Greek city what is northwestern Turkey today. According to some legends woven around his figure, Pataleon studied medicine under the famed Greek physician Euphrosinos, and eventually became the Emperor’s own caregiver. Because of that, he is counted in the Western Christian tradition as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.