St Gregory the Great and St Augustine of Hippo

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1892 Two-light window with standing figures and a scene of the risen Christ meeting Mary Magdalene below. The left-hand figure holds a triple cross and wears a papal tiara, with a dove at his ear, while the right-hand figure wears a mitre and holds an elaborate crozier and a flaming heart. technique: stained glass firm/studio: C.E. Kempe Church of St John, Barmouth, Gwynedd north wall of the sanctuary The window forms a pair with the adjacent window of the north chancel wall, depicting the four Latin fathers of the church.  (ObjectID=4931 ImageID=9497) Original File Name=BarmouthStJohn_DSC1212Ba.jpg

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• Augustine, bishop of Hippo 
• Mary Magdalene meets the Risen Christ; 'Noli me tangere'  [John 20:14-17]
• pope Gregory the Great; possible attributes: dove, emperor Trajan 

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 330.

Photo © Martin Crampin