Medieval stained glass window, Church of St Andrew, Greystoke, Cumbria, depicting the 2nd century Apocryphal Story of St Andrew in the City of Wrondon

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Medieval stained glass window, Church of St Andrew, Greystoke, Cumbria, depicting the 2nd century Apocryphal Story of St Andrew in the City of Wrondon or "man eaters". Here St Andrew is baptising the cannibalistic inhabitants of Wrondon. 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.

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Size: 3012px × 3870px
Location: St Andrew's Church, Greystoke, Cumbria, England
Photo credit: © ASP Religion / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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