Canon Gwydir and St Basil
detail from Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and Saints
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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.
firm/studio: John Hardman & Co.
Priory Church of St David, Swansea
east wall of the sanctuary (window number: I)
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.'
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.
firm/studio: John Hardman & Co.
Priory Church of St David, Swansea
east wall of the sanctuary (window number: I)
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.'
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 29-03-2019
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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
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 208.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 585.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2019.
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