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St Paul with St Joseph and St Lucius

  St Paul with St Joseph and St Lucius

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1931

Three-light window with standing figures.


firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd

Church of St Dunawd, Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham
north wall of the north aisle (window number: nVII)

Signed and dated by the firm.

Given by public subscription in memory of Morduant Elrington Bisset, rector of the parish 1896-1909.


The window makes reference to the legends that both Paul and Joseph of Arimathea visited Britain, which were popularised in the nineteenth century. Lucius was a British king who was also associated with the Christianisation of Britain, according Bede's Ecclesiastical History, Geoffrey of Monmouth and other medieval writers.

 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 03-05-2021

 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2021.
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  St Paul with St Joseph and St Lucius

Photo © Martin Crampin



 
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