Christ the Good Shepherd with St Peter

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Three-light window with Christ as the Good Shepherd at the centre, flanked by two saints with sheep. On the left a nimbed figure with shepherd's staff and a lamb on his shoulders, and on the right Peter with a large key offering straw to a sheep. Crowns and an angel in the tracery. technique: stained glass artist: E. R. Suffling Church of St Beuno, Aberffraw, Anglesey Texts: 'Myfi yw y bugail da' (I am the good shepherd: John 10:11) 'Portha fy wyn' (I am the gate: John 10:7) The image of Peter in the right-hand light is clearly a representation of Christ's commission to 'feed my sheep' (John 21:15-17).  (ObjectID=1956 ImageID=4509) Original File Name=_MG_7651.jpg

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• 'I am the door of the sheep' - parable of the good shepherd  [John 10:7-10]
• Christ as Good Shepherd  [John 10:1-18]
• mission of Peter ('Pasce oves meas')  [John 21:15-17]
• the lost sheep sought and found by the shepherd - parable of the good shepherd  [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:4-7]

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales