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Stained Glass in Saint Paul\u2019s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u25c4 return to Stained Glass<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Windows in the Narthex (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saints<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(21)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

S Catherine of Alexandria<\/strong>, (d. circa 310) The palm she holds indicates she was a martyr. She carries a book that represents her great learning, with which she argued against the pagan philosophers.  She was martyred on a spiked wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S Margaret of Antioch<\/strong>, (d. circa 304) was another popular maiden martyr who is shown holding her palm and crushing a dragon with the cross of faith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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S Anne<\/strong>, the mother of Our Lady, who stands as a child before her, holding a lily that proclaims her virginity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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S Elizabeth<\/strong>, the mother of S John the Baptist, who stands before her with a placard proclaiming the Lamb of God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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S Benedict<\/strong>, (c.480-550) founded the Benedictine order of monks who greatly extended Christianity through Western Europe.  He is carrying the book of his monastic rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S Martin<\/strong>, (316-397) first a soldier, then a monk and finally the bishop of Tours. He is shown giving alms to a beggar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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S Thomas More<\/strong>, (1478-1535)  beheaded by Henry VIII for refusing the oath of supremacy. He is shown in the robes and gold chain of the Lord Chancellor of England, carrying a book of his writings, such as \u201cUtopia\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S John Fisher<\/strong>, (1469-1535) bishop of Rochester, beheaded by Henry VIII for refusing the oath of supremacy.  He was created a cardinal just before his death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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S Paul<\/strong>, is seated in majesty. The scroll, rather hidden by the metal support, says in Latin \u201cPaul our patron\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around him, six angels bear scrolls of praise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Windows in the Narthex (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)  Saints (21) S Catherine of Alexandria, (d. circa 310) The palm she holds indicates she was a martyr. She carries a book that represents her great learning, with which she argued against the pagan philosophers.  She was martyred on a spiked wheel. S Margaret of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":913,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-972","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/972\/revisions\/992"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpaulschurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}