The Great Missionaries

 The Great Missionaries

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1972
Two-light window with the saints Peter and Paul, and Luke and Clement.

technique: stained glass

firm/studio: Celtic Studios

Church of St Clement, Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot
north wall of the north aisle

Signed and dated by the firm.

Clement was bishop of Rome at the end of the first century, and the scene depicted here, with boats behind and an anchor, reflects his status as the patron of mariners.



 

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References

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 164.

Maurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010), p. 108.




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