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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: St. Matthew Catholic Church

City: Flint

Window Shape: 3 (arched)

Subject/Title of Window: St. Thomas Aquinas; St. Augustine

Brief Description of Subject: Two arched windows. Left depicts St. Thomas Aquinas holding his "Summa Theologiae". Top medallion depicts him driving away the prostitute his family hired to seduce him. Bottom shows him teaching [?]. Right window shows Augustine of Hippo. Top medallion shows him on the seashore with a child [According to legend, the child (actually an angel in disguise) was trying to fit the ocean into a seashell. When Augustine gently told the child that his task was impossible, the angel replied that it was much easier than for a human to comprehend the doctrine of the Holy Trinity]. Bottom appears to show some other angel appearing to him [perhaps the "Tolle, Lege" moment?]. Imported from Munich, Germany.

Condition of Window: good

Height: 20 ft

Width: 3 ft (each)

Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass

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