Holy Family Church - Table of Contents
TRANSEPTS - Holy
Family RC Church
Our Lady of Charity Parish
1885 South Park Avenue, Buffalo NY
Research by Maureen P. Evans
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Photos taken March 30, 2021
North Transept
 Transept ... All female saints  Pentecost ... Two details below:  Pentecost - Detail #1 ... Dove ... Mary and Apostles with tongues of fire  Pentecost - Detail #2 ... Left figure presumably is St. Peter, whose keys to heaven are between him and the beardless St. John  Assumption ... Three details below:  Assumption - Detail #1 ... Halo  Assumption - Detail #2 ... Fr. Nash: Bishop James Quigley appointed Rev. John J. Nash to organize a new parish in the South Park area  Assumption - Detail #3 ... Artist's signature: "Innsbruck": Stained glass windows by Tyrol Art Glass, Innsbruck, Austria  Coronation ... Two details below:  Coronation - Detail #1 ... Trinity ... Note trefoil arch near top of scene  Coronation - Detail #2  St. Agnes ... Note quatrefoil-shaped medallion ... Lilies ... Sacrificial lamb ... Detail below:  St. Agnes - Detail  St. Elizabeth of Hungary ... Two details below:  St. Elizabeth of Hungary - Detail #1  St. Elizabeth of Hungary - Detail #2  Saint Catherine of Sienna - Detail below:  Saint Catherine of Sienna - Detail: Lilies |
South Transept All female saints ... Details below:  Annunciation ... Two details below:  Annunciation - Detail #1 ... God the Father ... Dove/Holy Spirit ... Angel Gabriel  Annunciation - Detail #2 ... Lilies are symbolic of Mary and Joseph's purity  Nativity ... Two details below:  Nativity - Detail #1 ... "Glory to God in the Highest"  Nativity - Detail #2  Visitation - Detail  Visitation - Detail #1 ... Note Celtic-decorated arch ... Each color of the stenciled architectural scene is separately fired in a kiln ... An architectural surround is a hallmark of Munich Pictorial style  Visitation - Detail #2 ... Saints: Joseph ... Joachim ... Mary ... Elizabeth  St. Margaret of Corona ... St. Margaret (1247-1297 - Italian of the Third Order of St. Francis. A willful girl who became the mistress of the son of Guglieromo de Pecora-Lord of Valiano and bears him a son. She and her son will join Franciscan orders and she is the patron saint of the falsely accused, hobos, homeless, mentally ill, orphaned, step children, single mothers, prostitutes, and tramps ... Detail below:  St. Margaret of Corona - Detail: Lash like that used in Christ's scourging  St. Jane de Chantel ... St. Jane (1572-1641 - Daughter of a Royalist president of the parliament of Burgundy. She marries, had 4 children, and when her husband died, she ran his estate and eventually started her own religious order - Order of the Visitation of Mary that took in old and poor women. She is the patron saint of forgotten people, widows, and parents separated from their children. ... Detail below:  St. Jane de Chantel - Detail  Saint Rose of Lima ... Note roses around her head ... Detail below:  Saint Rose of Lima - Detail |
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