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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: St. Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church

Studio Name: Schmitt (Conrad) Studios

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 3 (arched)

Date of Window: 1940

Subject/Title of Window: St. Hyacinth

Brief Description of Subject: This is the middle of five windows placed high in the sanctuary. As befitting this Church's patron saint, it is positioned directly above the altar --- the place of honor.
 
St. Hyacinth (1185 - 1257) was a Dominican monk. When the monastery was attacked he took the ciborium, which contained the blessed hosts, and fled, but the Virgin Mary told him to take her statue too. By a miracle ir turned weightless, and he was able to pick it up and carry it to safety. The artist has portrayed St. Hyacinth as a tonsured Dominican monk holding a ciborium in one hand, and a statue of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child in the other.
 
Below the word "SAINT" is a cross --- symbol for Christ and the Christian Faith.

Inscriptions: SAINT HYACINTH


Height: 4' 6"

Width: 2' 6"

Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass

St. Hyacinth
St. Hyacinth

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