Apparition of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes to Bernadette

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about 1945 Single-light window. Virgin Mary with rosary against a background of a grotto, with Bernadette at the left of the foreground, holding a lighted taper. Clogs, sticks, roses and stream on the ground beside Bernadette. technique: stained glass size: 68 cm (width) firm/studio: Harry Clarke Stained Glass Ltd Church of the Holy Name, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire western end of the nave, opposite the entrance. Inscription: 'Pray for the donor, M A Mac Donald'. Perhaps the work of William Dowling. A very similar design made as a two-light window may be found at The Church of the Assumption, Wexford.  (ObjectID=84 ImageID=29) Original File Name=_MG_1501.jpg

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• Our Lady of Lourdes - appearances of Mary 
• upright figures of Mary without the Christ-child 

Sarah Boss, 'Biblical images of Mary in the visual tradition of Wales' (London: SPCK, 2008), p. 172.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 186.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales