Portrayals of St Chad
There are no portraits or descriptions of St Chad from his own time. The only hint that we have comes in the legend of Theodore lifting him bodily into the saddle – possibly suggesting that he was remembered as small in stature. All attempts to portray him are based entirely on imagination, and nearly all are obviously anachronistic, with a heavy stress on vestments from other periods.
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St Chad, Peada and Wulfhere, as portrayed in 19th century sculpture above the western entrance to Lichfield Cathedral.
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The St Chad Cup, a modern imagining in silver, Lichfield Cathedral.
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Icon used devotionally at the site of the shrine of St Chad in Lichfield Cathedral.
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"Saint Chad", stained glass window by Christopher Whall. Currently exhibited at Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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An example of a late sculpture of St. Chad, from St. Chad's Church, Lichfield, Staffordshire, 1930.
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