Corpus Christi RC Church - Table of Contents

Group 2 - Nave Windows
Corpus Christi RC Church
189 Clark Street, Buffalo, NY 14212

Listed on the National Register of historic Places

Corpus Christi Official Website


Research by Gregory Witul
All stained glass windows in Corpus Christi Church are by Mayer of Munich


St. Francis Receiving Stigmata


St. Francis                    Stigmata                 Mandorla



Christ, wearing his crown of thorns, is depicted with angel wings. He is surrounded by a mandorla.

Wikipedia: Francis of Assisi: While he was praying on the mountain of Verna, during a forty-day fast in preparation for Michaelmas ), Francis is said to have had a vision on or about September 14, 1224, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, as a result of which he received the stigmata. Brother Leo, who had been with Francis at the time, left a clear and simple account of the event, the first definite account of the phenomenon of stigmata." Suddenly he saw a vision of a seraph, a six-winged angel on a cross. This angel gave him the gift of the five wounds of Christ."




St. Francis - Detail




St. Francis - detail            Stigmata






Mary and Jesus Welcome St. Theresa to Heaven

  St. Theresa of the Little Flowers






St. Theresa of the Little Flowers - Detail



St. Theresa of the Little Flowers - Detail



St. Theresa of the Little Flowers - Detail







Christ with Children



Christ with Children
Iconography in Art and Architecture: Christ with Children              Details below: 


Christ with ChildrenDetail



Christ with ChildrenDetail



Christ with ChildrenDetail






St. Clare Wards off Attackers


Iconography in Art and Architecture: St. Clare           Details below:



St. Clare  - Detail          St. Clare holding monstrance (surrounded by a mandorla) wards off attackers at the gates of her convent by raising the sacred host over the wall.




St. Clare  - Detail

Attackers at the gates of her convent being warding away by the sacred host raiaed over the wall.





St. Clare  - Detail                            Fabricator:    Mayer of Munich signature     






St. Anthony and the Donkey


Iconography in Art and Architecture: St. Anthony of Padua

The starving donkey foregoes hay and kneels in adoration of the sacred host               Details below:



St. Anthony of Padua  - Detail


St. Anthony of Padua  - Detail


St. Anthony of Padua  - Detail


St. Anthony of Padua  - Detail




St. Anthony of Padua  - Detail







Special thanks to Corpus Christi Pastor Rev. Anzelm Chalupka for his cooperation in 2009


Photos and their arrangement © 2009 Chuck LaChiusa
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