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Blessed Philip Powell Window

  Blessed Philip Powell Window

Photo © Martin Crampin

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1985

Two-light window showing events at the time of the execution of Philip Powell. The martyr is offered a glass of wine by a woman, at whose feet lies a dead horse: that of the coalman who cursed Powell.


artist: Catrin Jones
firm/studio: Glasslight Studios

Priory Church of St David, Swansea
north wall of the nave


Philip Powell (1594-1646) was a Benedictine monk and Catholic martyr, who was hung at Tyburn after his arrest in Swansea in 1646.

Further windows by Glasslight Studios are located in the east wall of the north chapel.


 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011

 

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References

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 585.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1791 (accessed 28 March 2024)


 

  Blessed Philip Powell Window

Photo © Martin Crampin



 
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