St George and St Denys

  St George and St Denys

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

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1904
Standing figures with St George fighting the dragon below, and Henry V (Harry of Monmouth) standing by the Monnow Bridge.

technique: stained glass

firm/studio: C.E. Kempe

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire
south wall of the south aisle

Dedication: 'For those who fell in war, For those who returned in peace, Thanks be to God. mdcccxcix - mcmii.' Commemorates those who died in the Boer War.

St Denys of France was adopted by Henry V, who had associations with Monmouth, as his second patron.



 

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Further reading

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 162.

References

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 397.




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  St George and St Denys

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales


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