ST MARY SALOME – Wife of Zebedee and sister of the Virgin Mary. Sitting at her feet is James, holding his scallop shell emblem and giving a pear to his brother John, who holds a bird, representing his eagle emblem. John witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus and was the first male witness of the Resurrection.
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THE VIRGIN MARY – Daughter of Joachim and Anne and mother of Jesus, seen here sitting on her lap. This ‘Maria Lactans’, or breast feeding image, was made popular in the fifteenth century.
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ST MARY OF CLEOPHAS – Mary of Cleophas has four children, Simon holds a fish and Jude a boat. The same emblems the appear with as adults on the centre part of the Rood Screen. The two toddlers are less serious minded. Joseph has a toy windmill while James the Less blows bubbles.
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ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH – A beautiful woman persecuted by a Roman Prefect. According to legend, Margaret was tortured and swallowed by a dragon but saved by her cross which caused the beast to disgorge her, to the said creatures great discomfort. Later she was beheaded. She is the patron saint of childbirth.
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