The Crucifixion and Resurrection with the Four Evangelists

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1850 Five-light window. Crucifixion with Mary and John in the central light, below a large cinquefoil depicting Christ with gonfalon rising from the tomb with angels and two sleeping soldiers below. The four evangelists are depicted in the outer lights and roundels of Paul and Peter are included above them. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Michael O'Connor Church of St Eurgain and St Peter, Northop, Flintshire east wall of the chancel Inserted into the east window designed by William Butterfield.  (ObjectID=1702 ImageID=5258) Original File Name=Northop_DSC2967.jpg

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• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]
• Paul of Tarsus, apostle 
• St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome 
• the four evangelists together (author portraits) 

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 86.

Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), pp. 86-7.

Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 407.

Malcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 14.

Photo © Martin Crampin