St. Joseph RC Cathedral - Table of Contents
2009
Photos
St. Charles / St. Edward Window
St. Joseph's RC Cathedral
AKA St. Joseph's RC Old Cathedral
50 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY
St.
Joseph RC Cathedral - Official Website |
Dedicated: |
? |
Designer, Fabricator: |
John Hardman and Company, Birmingham, England |
Style: |
Gothic Revival |
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Nave
Clearstory
windows
Arcade
windows
![]() Left: St.
Charles Borromeo
Right:
St. Edward the
Confessor
Note top image, detailed below:
![]() Personification of charity ![]()
Top
panel
![]() ![]() St. Charles Borromeo ![]() St. Charles Borromeo ![]() St. Charles Borromeo Predella |
![]() St. Edward the Confessor Top panel St. Edward's reputation for holiness, which began during his life, was based on his accessibility to his subjects, his generosity to the poor, ... Tradition of his physical appearance: he was a tall man with a long face, ash-blond hair and beard, ruddy complexion and long, thin fingers. - Iconography in Art and Architecture: St. Edward the Confessor ![]() St. Edward the Confessor The legend of his ring is that Edward gave a ring to a beggar near
Westminster. Two years later some English pilgrims in the
Holy Land (or in
India) met an old man who said he was John the Apostle. He
gave them the ring
and told them to return it to Edward, whom they were charged
to warn of
impending death in six months' time. - Iconography
in Art and
Architecture: St. Edward the Confessor ![]() St. Edward the Confessor ![]() St. Edward the Confessor Predella The legend of his ring is that Edward gave a ring to a beggar near Westminster. Two years later some English pilgrims in the Holy Land (or in India) met an old man who said he was John the Apostle. He gave them the ring and told them to return it to Edward, whom they were charged to warn of impending death in six months' time. - Iconography in Art and Architecture: St. Edward the Confessor |