"Echoes of Mutilation: The Saints and their Afterlives"

The religious figures who would become Christian saints had it rough. Take Saint Bartholomew (flayed), Saint Agatha ([mastectomy? There is a word for it!]amputated breasts) and Saint Lucy (eyes gouged out) as a few potent examples. Tonight, Colin Dickey, the author of Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius, discusses artists' portrayals of afflicted saints and how these experiences of torture were depicted as moments of victory.