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Stained glass window “Saints Faith, Hope and Charity”
Author, school, workshop
Königliches Institut Glasmalerei, Berlin
Style
eclecticism
Date
1897
Material and technique
glass, lead, stained glass techniques
Location
St. Mary's Chapel, the window of the eastern wall
Description
The stained glass window is an illustration of the famous passage from St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, "Now faith, hope, and love remain - these three things - and the greatest of these is love" [1 Corinthians 13:4-6; 13]. The figures of women are allegories of these theological virtues - from the left Faith with a cross, Charity hugging two children, Hope with an anchor. The stained glass window was founded by Franz and Emilie Lewerentz to commemorate their 25th wedding anniversary.