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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: St. Florian Catholic Church

Studio Name: Kase, J.M. Glass Company

City: Hamtramck

Window Shape: 6 (gothic arched, over 2 vertical sections)

Date of Window: 1928

Subject/Title of Window: St. Florian

Brief Description of Subject: Window description: Window is one of 7 in Chancel of the most important Polish saints. The windows are designed to let in lots of light. The image of St. Florian is partly obscured by the reredos as the window is position in the center of the apse. In the canopy at the top on a shield is the "Dextera Dei" -- right hand of God. St. Florian was a Roman officer posted in what is now Austria. During the Diocletian persecutions he was put to death in 304 for being a Christian. In the 12 Century King Casimir II of Poland asked for some relics of St. Florian to be sent to Krakow. How he became associated with fire fighters is not known. One story is that once when Krakow was burning prayers to St. Florian stopped the fire. The window shows St. Florian dressed as a Roman soldier emptying a pitcher of water on a city that is burning.

Height: 30'

Width: 8'

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