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Andrew Taylor Fine Arts

The Stoning of St Stephen

Stained Glass

Christchurch, Priory, Christchurch, Bournemouth

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Stained Glass

Christchurch, Priory, Christchurch, Bournemouth

The brief was to depict the stoning of St Stephen at the city gates. He was the first Christian martyr and experienced a vision of the opening gates heavens as he was being stoned to death. Saul of Tarsus, l now known as St Paul the, Apostle, can be seen standing in the background holding the coats of the stoners.