Saints

Marys at the Tomb - Naseby, Northamptonshire

Marys at the Tomb - Naseby, Northamptonshire

This stained-glass window in the north aisle of All Saints’ Church, Naseby depicts the Angel at the Tomb, witnessed by Mary Magdalene and Mary Clopas, and is attributable to William Morris Studios (Westminster).

Saint Agnes

Saint Agnes was an early Christian martyr, traditionally believed to have died in Rome during the persecutions of the late third or early fourth century. According to early Christian tradition, Agnes was only twelve or thirteen years old when she refused to marry the son of the Prefect of Rome and rejected participation in pagan sacrifice, declaring her commitment to Christ.

Saint Eustace

Saint Eustace

Saint Eustace, also known as Saint Eustache (Latin: Eustachius), is a legendary Roman military commander and Christian martyr, venerated primarily in the medieval Western Church. His cult was widely diffused in France, England, and the Low Countries, where his story was valued for its dramatic narrative structure and moral exemplarity rather than for strict historical verifiability.

Saint Faith

Saint Faith

Saint Faith, known in French as Sainte Foy, is an early Christian martyr whose cult developed widely in southern France during the Middle Ages. Although little is known historically about her life, her veneration became closely associated with pilgrimage, relic cults, and the visual culture of Romanesque churches.

Her importance lies not in historical documentation, but in the strength and persistence of her cult, which generated a rich body of legend, architecture, sculpture, and stained glass.

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Saint Mark the Evangelist is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Mark, the earliest of the four canonical Gospels. Early Christian tradition identifies him as a close companion and interpreter of St Peter , whose preaching is thought to underlie Mark’s Gospel, and also associates him with St Paul during missionary journeys.

Saints and Patriarchs - Salisbury Cathedral

Jacob and Moses

 

The sequence of stained glass windows depicting the male saints and patriarchs of the Bible, designed by Henry Holiday and made by James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars Glass) in 1891, forms one of the most coherent and dignified ensembles within Salisbury Cathedral’s late Victorian glazing scheme.

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