This stained-glass window depicts St Vincent de Paul, the seventeenth-century priest and reformer renowned for his devotion to the poor and the founding of charitable congregations. Designed and executed by François Taureilles, a glass-painter based in Clermont-Ferrand, it exemplifies the luminous clarity and compassionate realism characteristic of his early-twentieth-century ecclesiastical work.

The saint stands full-length within a patterned border, clothed in the austere black cassock and cloak of his order. His gaze is tender, his posture slightly inclined toward two children—one resting in his arm, the other looking upward in trust. Behind them, the outline of modest buildings evokes the orphanages and hospitals that were the enduring legacy of his ministry. An inscription reads St Vincent de Paul P.P.N.—a plea for his intercession.

The composition is calm and ordered, its geometric framing of red, green, and ochre lending structure to a field of deep blue glass that suffuses the figure with quiet dignity. Light reveals subtle tonal transitions in the modelling of the saint’s face and hands, underscoring Taureilles’s sensitivity to human expression. Though simple in design, the work achieves a profound spiritual resonance, translating Vincent’s humility and compassion into colour and light.

Along the lower border runs the artist’s signature: F. Taureilles, peintre-verrier, Clermont, a discreet affirmation of authorship that connects this window to the regional tradition of Auvergnat stained-glass craft. Its restrained beauty and devotional clarity make it a fine testament to the enduring appeal of St Vincent de Paul as a model of Christian charity and pastoral gentleness.