St. Saturninus

12th century
Altar frontal, wood
Museu Nacional de Arte de Catalunya, Barcelona
Provenance: La Seu d'Urgell, Catalunya, Spain

St. Saturninus, the first bishop of Toulouse, is in the center. The others, all similarly dressed and holding croziers, could be the subsequent bishops of that diocese. Or, considering that they all have halos, the intention could be to refer to all sainted bishops in general.

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Photographed at the museum by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.