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Invention of the Holy Cross 3rd May

 

Suppressed by the Roman Church in 1960, this feast is first attested in 7th c. Gaul. It celebrates the supposed discovery by St Helena of the True Cross. Here are some links to images in Stained glass of the discovery.

 

Tattershall, Holy Trinity, Lincolnshire, east window, 3d, Helena presents part of Cross and nails to Constantine:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/2293738695

 

Morley, St Matthew, Derbyshire, nIII, 2a, Helena directs discovery:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/10914370053

and the Cross displayed:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/10913959155

 

But the fullest English sequence of images is in the four south aisle windows at St Michael, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, sVI, sVII, sVIII and sIX - here are links to albums of images of the four windows which each contain many details:

sVI: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/17075474240

sVII: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/17075263698

sVIII: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/17075467320

sIX: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/17237054446

 

Gordon Plumb

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