Stained-glass windows of bishops and deacons, Józef Mehoffer, between 1898 and 1900

The four window panels each show a saint. From left to right, these are two deacons, st. Stephen and st. Lawrence, and two bishops, st. Martin and st. Claudius. The central zone of figures also has a symbolic content: two girls stand in pairs behind the saints. They symbolise the three theological virtues of faith, hope and love and the four cardinal virtues of prudence, mightiness, strength, justice and science. At knee height, a motto characterises each of the saints. In addition, martin and claudius have an explanatory figure from the legend of the saints: the beggar and the child respectively. Object Type: painting. Date: between 1898 and 1900. Place of creation: en:Fribourg, Switzerland. Dimensions: 4 strips à height: 670 cm (21.9 ft); width: 70 cm (27.5 in). Medium: stained glass. Cathedral Fribourg vitrail Bischoefe 01