St Canute
detail from Scenes from the Gospels

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

1880 Four-light window. The lower panels show Zechariah with Elizabeth and the infant John the Baptist, the Presentation in the Temple, Christ healing the son of the widow of Nain and the raising of Lazarus. Above the women at the empty tomb are addressed by angels and the risen Christ is shown with Peter and John. At the apex of the window is Seiriol holding a model of a church above Hilda and Canute in trefoils. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Clayton & Bell Church of St Seiriol, Penmaenmawr, Conwy east wall of the chancel Text below the main panels: 'I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live' (John 11:25).  (ObjectID=1997 ImageID=4733) Original File Name=_MG_2111A.jpg

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• Christ touches the bier of the son of the widow of Nain: the young man sits up - miracles of Christ  [Luke 7:14-15]
• John, Peter and Mary Magdalene approaching the open tomb of Christ  [Luke 24:12; John 20:1-5]
• naming of John the Baptist; Zacharias writing John's name  [Luke 1:60-64]
• presentation of the Christ-child in the temple, usually Simeon and Anna present  [Luke 2:22-39]
• St Seiriol 
• the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ  [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]
• the raising of Lazarus ('Lazarus, come out')  [John 11:38-44]
• the risen Christ (with wounds, but without crown of thorns), sometimes holding the cross or a banner 

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 487.

Photo © Martin Crampin