Houéville, church - stained glass window
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This stained glass window represents Saint-Aignan or St Agnan (Anianus), bishop of Orléans in the 5th century, stopping the advance of Attila.
This stained glass window depicts a famous episode in the life of Saint-Aignan or St Agnan (Anianus), Bishop of Orléans in the 5th century, who is said to have stopped the advance of Attila and his Huns in 451. At the top of the window, a city in flames, probably Orléans, is besieged by the Huns. The clouds of smoke accentuate the dramatic tension of the scene. In the center, Saint Aignan, dressed in a red cope and an episcopal mitre, raises his right hand in a gesture of blessing or supplication. Facing him, Hun warriors in armor and wearing helmets seem ready to attack but are visibly disturbed by the saint's intervention. In the foreground, a woman in a blue cloak protects a child, symbolizing the population in distress, sheltered under the protection of the bishop. The stained glass window is signed by the Benoit glassmakers, testifying to the continuity of the tradition of religious stained glass in the 20th century.This stained glass window depicts a famous episode in the life of Saint-Aignan or St Agnan (Anianus), Bishop of Orléans in the 5th century, who is said to have stopped the advance of Attila and his Huns in 451. At the top of the window, a city in flames, probably Orléans, is besieged by the Huns. The clouds of smoke accentuate the dramatic tension of the scene. In the center, Saint Aignan, dressed in a red cope and an episcopal mitre, raises his right hand in a gesture of blessing or supplication. Facing him, Hun warriors in armor and wearing helmets seem ready to attack but are visibly disturbed by the saint's intervention. In the foreground, a woman in a blue cloak protects a child, symbolizing the population in distress, sheltered under the protection of the bishop. The stained glass window is signed by the Benoit glassmakers, testifying to the continuity of the tradition of religious stained glass in the 20th century.
This stained glass window depicts a famous episode in the life of Saint-Aignan or St Agnan (Anianus), Bishop of Orléans in the 5th century, who is said to have stopped the advance of Attila and his Huns in 451. At the top of the window, a city in flames, probably Orléans, is besieged by the Huns. The clouds of smoke accentuate the dramatic tension of the scene. In the center, Saint Aignan, dressed in a red cope and an episcopal mitre, raises his right hand in a gesture of blessing or supplication. Facing him, Hun warriors in armor and wearing helmets seem ready to attack but are visibly disturbed by the saint's intervention. In the foreground, a woman in a blue cloak protects a child, symbolizing the population in distress, sheltered under the protection of the bishop. The stained glass window is signed by the Benoit glassmakers, testifying to the continuity of the tradition of religious stained glass in the 20th century.
