Passion Window (Le Faouët)

Passion window in Le Faouët

The Passion Window in the Catholic Chapel of St-Fiacre in Le Faouët , a French commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany , was created in the mid-16th century. The leaded glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1862 as Monument historique .

The window was created by an unknown workshop. It shows various scenes from Jesus' ordeal .

In addition to the Passion Window, four other windows from the Renaissance period have been preserved in the chapel (see navigation bar).

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  Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

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  Raising Lazarus from the dead

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  Jesus and the sleeping disciples on the Mount of Olives

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  Capture of Jesus and the kiss of Judas

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  Jesus before the high priest Kajaphas

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  Jesus is scourged

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  The crown of thorns is put on Jesus

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  Pilate washes his hands in innocence

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  Jesus carries the cross

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  Crucifixion group

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  Entombment of Christ

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  Resurrection of Jesus Christ

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  Tracery with coats of arms and angels with the Arma Christi

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , p. 244.
• Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , p. 287.

Web links

Commons : Passion Window (Le Faouët)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description of the windows in the Chapel of St-Fiacre (French, accessed March 10, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scènes de la passion in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 32.6 "  N , 3 ° 28 ′ 47.5"  W.