Medieval stained glass window, Church of St Andrew, Greystoke, Cumbria, depicting a praying tonsured monk (Maria Ora Pro Nobis) with jumbled fragments


Medieval stained glass window, Church of St Andrew, Greystoke, Cumbria, depicting a praying tonsured monk (Maria Ora Pro Nobis) with jumbled fragments above. The panel is part of the reset east window restored by Henry Howard of Greystoke and the rector Henry Askew in 1848 in which depicts the apochryphal story of Saints Andrew and Matthew in the land of the Man-eaters (Wrondon) probably written in the 2nd century CE and purported to have been written by "Leucius Charinus". The story, among other "Acts" was read out at the second Council of Niceaa in 787 and declared heretical.


Size: 2580px × 4664px
Location: St Andrew's Church, Greystoke, Cumbria, England
Photo credit: © ASP Religion / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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