Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (Plonévez-du-Faou)

Martyrdom window of St. Lawrence in Plonévez-du-Faou

The Martyrdom window of St. Lawrence in the St-Herbot Catholic Chapel in Plonévez-du-Faou , a French commune in the Finistère department in Brittany , was created in 1556 (the year is written on the window below). The leaded glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1906 as Monument historique .

The window in the choir is from an unknown workshop. It shows the martyrdom of St. Lawrence . He is shown at the stake . To the left of him there are three torturers and to the right the tyrant can be seen with his court. Above the saint, the dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit . In the newer tracery , five angels can be seen with ribbon.

The window was restored and supplemented in 1886 by Eugène Hucher and his son Ferdinand in the stained glass workshop of the Carmelite Sisters of Le Mans .

In addition to the Martyrdom window of St. Lawrence, there are two other windows from the Renaissance period in the chapel (see navigation bar).

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , p. 246.
• Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , p. 161.

Web links

Commons : Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (Plonévez-du-Faou)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le Martyre de saint Laurent in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 39.7 "  N , 3 ° 48 ′ 32.3"  W.