Discover the fascinating story of Saint Ursula through two objects at the Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa. During the Portuguese expansion in the 16th and 17th centuries, relics of Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgin companions were sent across the globe, creating a powerful network of saints that connected people and places. This talk explores how images and objects helped shape these connections. It also shines a light on the role of European (holy) women in Estado da India’s religious and cultural life.

Prof. Dr. Urte Krass is chair of Early Modern Art History at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the material culture of Christian sainthood, political iconography, and the transcultural movement of images and objects in the early modern world. She is the author of Nah zum Leichnam (2012) and The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 and Its Global Visualization (2023). She is the principal investigator of the SNF-funded project 'Global Bones: Entanglements, Transfers, and Translations in the Early Modern Age', exploring the global circulation of relics and their cultural meanings.

Date - 21st June 2025

Time - 4:00 pm IST/ 12:30 pm CEST

Online via Zoom

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