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Cheshire North West England St. Werburgh Street 2-4 & Eastgate Street 35 |
Patron Saints of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland |
John Douglas
1897 |
The east side of Werburgh Street has a range of half-timbered houses, designed by the architect John Douglas in 1895-97. He had bought the entire length of the east side of the street for his plan to create a series of buildings in a unified architectural design. A few of these have sculptures, no. 2-4, and no. 10-12.
 St. David (c. 500 - ca. 589), Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids), patron saint of Wales (Wikipedia). |
 St. Patrick (Modern Irish: Pádraig) 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the 'Apostle of Ireland', he is the primary patron saint of the island. |
 St. Andrew apostle and the brother of Saint Peter; founder and the first bishop of the Church of Byzantium. Protector of fishermen, in particular. He is shown with a saltire cross, in accordance with the way in which he died (Wikipedia). |
 St. George (ca. 275/281 - 303), Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. He is immortalized in the tale of Saint George and the Dragon (Wikipedia) |
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