Passion window (Visseiche)

Passion window in Visseiche

The Passion Window in the Catholic parish church of St-Pierre in Visseiche , a French parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region , was created in the 16th century. The stained glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1990 as Monument historique .

The window was in the studio of Michel Bayonne in Rennes created, which created many stained glass windows in the region. The two-part window shows Jesus below, carrying the cross and falling, and how Veronica gives Jesus the handkerchief . The upper part shows Christ on the cross (see also: Stations of the Cross ).

When the high altar was installed in the 17th century , the passion window was moved from the choir to the nave .

In addition to the Passion window, another window ( Le Seigneur de la Montagne agenouillé devant la Vierge , the founder Jacques de Champégné kneels in front of Maria) from the Renaissance period has been preserved.

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  Jesus falls under the cross

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  Veronica with the handkerchief

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  Jesus meets the weeping women

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , p. 674.
• Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , p. 265.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ La Passion du Christ in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 19.6 ″  N , 1 ° 18 ′ 4.6 ″  W.