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Stained Glass from the Cathedral of Soissons
French, 13th century
three medallions and six half medallions of glass
Two of the panels are by the most skilled artisan working at Soissons. They illustrate episodes in the lives of Saints Crispinus and Crispinianus, patron saints of cobblers whose relics are preserved in Soissons. The top center panel shows Rictiovarus, the third-century Roman governor in Gaul, and the two future saints. Rictiovarus had ordered the pair into a pool of molten lead. They were miraculously saved when the Roman governor was hit in the eye by a drop of lead, went insane, and humped into a pool. In the middle center panel, an angel brings Crispinus and Crispinianus the news that they will be rewarded for the torments they suffered. |