Reading the saints: unlocking the story of sainthood in sacred art

A talk on how saints were depicted in sacred art, part of the cathedral's faith-based learning for adults. Dr Siobhán Jolley, a specialist in European Christian Art and the Bible in popular culture who lectures at the University of Manchester, introduces the visual language associated with the saints and their dramatic lives that drove artistic innovation. She shows how learning to read these images reveals how saints shaped prayer and ideals such as courage, suffering and compassion, and how they still speak to concerns like justice, resistance and care for others and the natural world.