St David
detail from Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and Saints

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales larger image

1916 Five-light window. Christ crucified in the central light flanked by the Virgin Mary and St John, with St David and St Benedict in the outer lights. The lower panels show figures of St Illtud, St Robert, the Arms of the English Benedictine Congregation, Canon Gwydir and St Basil. technique: stained glass firm/studio: John Hardman & Co. Priory Church of St David, Swansea east wall of the sanctuary Text: 'Through thy Cross and Passion O Lord deliver us.' Given in memory of Canon Gwydir (died 1914) by friends. Inscription: 'In token of gratitude and esteem as a memorial of his devoted life in the service of God, and his heroic death in the cause of his King and Country.'  (ObjectID=1476 ImageID=3723) Original File Name=_MG_1071A.jpg

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• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]
• St Basil the Great (Basilius Magnus), bishop of Caesarea 
• St Benedict of Nurcia 
• St David 
• St Illtud 

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 208.

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

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales