Hailes Church, Gloucestershire

Back to Photo Gallery | Back to Article | View Larger | Previous | Next Panting of St. Margaret of Antioch, in a block-up window on the south wall, was the daughter of a pagan priest. Converted to Christianity, she became a sheperdess and refused the advances of a Roman governor. He threw her in a dungeon, where Satan attacked her in the form of a dragon. The dragon swallowed her, but she split the dragon's belly open with her cross and emerged safely. This made her the patron saint of childbirth. In this image at Haiels, she is shown thrusting the cross down the throat of the dragon before it can swallow her up. Around the window are red squares intended to look like undecorated masonry, a popular feature at the time. Related pages: Hailes Church England Photos

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