St Stephen with St Paul and St John the Evangelist
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
1924
Three-light window with the standing figure of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, depicted in the central light and Paul and John the Evangelist depicted in the outer lights.
size: 190 cm (width) [approx]
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd
Church of St John the Baptist, Newport
north wall of the north aisle
Signed with the tower and wheatsheaf motif.
Text with St Paul: 'Stand fast in the Faith, quit you like men, be strong' (1 Corinthians 16:13); with St John: 'This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our Faith' (1 John 5:4).
Given in memory of Edwin John Summers (died 1923) and his sons Owen (died 1904) and Ralph (died 1915 at Gallipoli).
Three-light window with the standing figure of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, depicted in the central light and Paul and John the Evangelist depicted in the outer lights.
size: 190 cm (width) [approx]
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd
Church of St John the Baptist, Newport
north wall of the north aisle
Signed with the tower and wheatsheaf motif.
Text with St Paul: 'Stand fast in the Faith, quit you like men, be strong' (1 Corinthians 16:13); with St John: 'This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our Faith' (1 John 5:4).
Given in memory of Edwin John Summers (died 1923) and his sons Owen (died 1904) and Ralph (died 1915 at Gallipoli).
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 14-12-2011
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- Paul of Tarsus, apostle
- St John the Evangelist writing the Gospel.
- St Stephen, deacon and (proto)martyr
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Further reading
Donald Curtis, The Stained Glass of the parish church of St. John the Baptist, Newport, Monmouthshire (1957), p.10-11.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 429.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
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