St. Francis Xavier RC Church - Table of Contents
2002 Interior Photos - St. Francis Xavier RC
Church
149-157 East Street, Buffalo, New York
Stained glass windows made in Munich, Germany
Nave and Apse. The two columns flanking the apse are 40' tall; the other columns are 25' tall |
Detail of apse: St. Francis Xavier converting pagans in India |
Detail of apse and flat ceiling |
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Right hand transept; barrel vault |
Left hand transept showing Virgin Mary altar |
Arcaded side aisle. Single block marble columns were transported on Canal Canal -- it would nearly impossible to safely transport such large cargo any other way at this time. |
Clerestory above the arcade |
Oil painting in clerestory: Joseph teaches Jesus the carpentry trade while Mary looks on |
Floral and geometric ornamentation |
Angel and stylized (abstracted) leaves and floweres in capital |
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1 of 13 stations of the cross in the two side aisles. Devotees would be walking to the left , so the right-hand panel is chronolocically first: Jesus is found guilty by Pilate. Left panel: Jesus is given the cross he will be crucified on. |
Right panel: Jesus is taunted by spectators en route to Golgotha . Left panel: Jesus is comforted by Veronica and he leaves an imprint of his face on the towel. |
Due to exhaustion, Jesus falls; he meets Mary Magdalen |
Rose window and organ in nave at opposite end of the apse |
Flat ceiling above the organ |
Rose window above the organ |
Mechanics of the four tower clocks |
Piston which turns the hands is attached to the clock |
One of three bells in the bell tower |
Names of donors cast in a bell |
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