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The
four Evangelists: St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John. Mid-Wall
From left to right
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The Empty Tomb on
Easter Morning Matt. 28-V.1-5
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St. Joseph and the
Infant Jesus.
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The Blessed Virgin and the Infant Jesus
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The Annunciation
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St. Anne and the Child Mary
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As you face the altar,
from the front to the rear of the church, the order is:The Ascension
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The Holy Spirit |
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The Assumption |
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God the Father |
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Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
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- MATTHEW (standing on bag of coins, indicating his former
profession of tax collector, and with book in his hand, indicating his being an
evangelist)
- PETER (with keys of kingdom of heaven)
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- JAMES THE GREAT (with pilgrim staff, indicating his
pilgrimages, especially to Compostella in Spain)
- SIMON THE ZEALOT (with saw, instrument of his martyrdom in
Persia)
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- JUDE OR THADDEUS (with halberd, instrument of his martyrdom in
Persia along with Simon the Zealot)
- THOMAS (with finger upraised to put in the nail prints, and
with a carpenter's square, his symbol, deriving from a legend that when in India, King
Gondophorus commissioned Thomas to build a magnificent palace. Thomas spent the money for
the poor, which enraged the king until Gondophorus' dead brother appeared to him in a
vision to tell him that his palace was built and awaited him in heaven)
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- ANDREW (with saltire or X-shaped cross, instrument of his·
martyrdom)
- PHILIP (standing on a dragon and with cross upraised, deriving
from legend that Philip was martyred in Hierapolis by the priests of a dragon cult after
he had overcome their dragon by the cross)
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- BARTHOLOMEW (carrying his skin and a flaying knife, instrument
of his martyrdom)
- JAMES THE LESS (carrying a fuller's club, the instrument of
his martyrdom)
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- JOHN (with pen and book of gospels)
- PAUL (Preaching with book of epistles and the sword,
instrument of his martyrdom)
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