Who was St. Peter of Verona?
Saint Peter of Verona (1205 – 6 April 1252 CE) was a 13th-century Italian Catholic priest. He was a Dominican friar and a celebrated preacher. He served as Inquisitor in Lombardy, was killed by an assassin, and was canonised as a Catholic saint just 11 months after his death, making this the fastest canonisation in history.

What is polychromy?
Polychromy is the technique of applying multiple colours to wooden sculptures, which was common in the Middle Ages. Artists would paint sculptures, often religious figures, with bright colours to make them more lifelike and visually striking. The use of this technique helped to convey emotions and make the figures more relatable to viewers, as many people at the time could not read and relied on visual images to understand religious stories.