About Stained Glass

Catherine Labouré was a French saint who lived during the nineteenth century. Her mother died when she was nine years old and it is said that after her mother’s funeral the young Catherine kissed a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary saying; “Now you will be my mother”. St. Catherine Labouré was very devout, and […]

St. Cecilia is the patroness of music and musicians, due to the story that she heard heavenly music and sang in her heart to the Lord while she was married. Catholic art and stained glass designs frequently show her playing a viola, a small organ or other musical instrument. She is one of the most […]

Rose Philippine Duchesne was born in Grenoble, France in 1769. She was the second of seven daughters and one son, and they grew up in a castle together with their twelve cousins. As a child, Rose survived a smallpox outbreak and was educated at a monastery near Grenoble. She became a religious sister and a […]

St. Albert the Great is also known as Albertus Magnus or Albert of Cologne. He was a German Dominican friar and a Catholic bishop who lived during the thirteenth century and had been called “the greatest German philosopher and theologian of the Middle Ages.” He was among the first and greatest of the natural scientists […]

St. Simon and St. Jude Honored in Stained Glass Saints Simon and Jude are the eleventh and twelfth disciples of Jesus, who continued after the crucifixion to do His work, as missionaries traveling together to bring the gospel to Mesopotamia and Persia, and were eventually martyred there.  Saint Simon, or Simon the Zealot and St. […]

St. Wolfgang is one of the three great German saints of the tenth century (the other two being St. Ulrich and St. Conrad). He was born in 934 AD in Swabia, Germany. He was educated under the Benedictines and later became an ordained Benedictine teacher. In 971 he took a group of monks to go […]

St. Anne lived in the eighth century AD and is also known as Euphemianus. She was born to a prominent family in Constantinople and was forced into marriage. When her husband died, Anne adopted a disguise as a male, and that is when she chose the male name “Euphemianus” for herself. As such she entered […]

St. Anne lived in the eighth century AD and is also known as Euphemianus. She was born to a prominent family in Constantinople and was forced into marriage. When her husband died, Anne adopted a disguise as a male, and that is when she chose the male name “Euphemianus” for herself. As such she entered […]

The Italian Charles Borromeo was the cardinal archbishop of Milan from 1546 until his death at the age of forty-six in 1584. He was among the great reformers of the sixteenth century and was a leading figure during the counter-reformation. He was responsible for significant accomplishments in the Catholic Church, such as the founding of […]

In the German city of Cologne there is a Church of St. Ursula with an inscription from the fourth or fifth century which states that the basilica had been restored on the site where a group of holy virgins had been martyred. This has been the source of many legends concerning St. Ursula. According to […]