Saints in Art

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. We must remember that the saints who had died for their faith in Christ were brought close to the people through oral tradition and legendary chronicles at a period when Christians - with the exception of the very learned - had not the Gospel to study, and could scarcely realise a nearness to Him, concerning whose nature they were hopelessly puz zled by the wrangling of the schoolmen.