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Tour
Of The Holy Name Of Jesus
11 - The High Altar
and Sanctuary
The focal point of the church, was completed
by the installation of the altar in
1886 to a design by J.A. Hanson’s
son.
The reredos of Caen stone contains
statues in alabaster of ten Jesuits
saints.
From left to right they are,
St. Ignatius (above), St. Aloysius,
St. Francis Jerome, St. John Berchmans,
St. Francis Borgia, St. John Nepomucene,
St. John Francis Regis, St. Peter
Claver, St. Francis Xavier (above),
St Stanislaus Kostka.
The altar itself
is of alabaster inlaid with green
Russian malachite. The frontal is
based on da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’.
The five main windows depict the Coronation
of Our Lady and are by Hardman of
Birmingham (1899).
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