The Sculptor and the Saint

08/24/2025

Lori Joan Swick

https://lorijoanswick.com/

With a Ph.D. in Religion and Philosophy and a concentration in Women’s Spirituality, Lori’s passion is to put magic back into women’s spiritual experience and shine light on women whose contributions to religious history have been left in the dark.

Her works include the bestselling novel, “The Sculptor and the Saint,” the historical novel “Comfort and Mirth.” and her non-fiction book Dreaming ~ The Sacred Art.”

Lori is a professor of religion and philosophy and resides in Southwest Flori

Thirteen hundred years after her death, Saint Cecilia’s body is exhumed from her grave and young artist Stefano Maderno is commissioned by the pope to sculpt her likeness.

In this gripping tale of passion and agony, two lives separated by centuries are united in their search for purity and purpose. Lori Joan Swick’s The Sculptor and the Saint speaks of a history only ever written in stone.

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**Genre:** Historical Fiction