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Saint John's Chapel
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current appearance of the chapel reflects renovations completed in
the Fall of 1978. A large oak reredos and canopy were removed and a triptych
by Davis d’Ambly, a local artist, was placed over the altar. The triptych
is painted and gilded in the Italo-Byzantine style--that is in the manner
of the transitional stage of Italian painting between the mediæval
and renaissance periods. Each saint bears his own attributes in order to
clarify his identity. S. Clement bears his anchor and a palm of martyrdom
with the City of Rome in the distance. Even the water springing from the
rock from the legend of his life appears. S. Catherine stands before Alexandria
where she was a princess. At her feet is the broken wheel of her martyrdom
and in her hand is a palm.
Naturally Our Lady and S. John stand by the Cross. In the distance is Jerusalem
and beneath is an enclosed orchard denoting Our Lady’s perpetual virginity.
Behind her stands Gethsemane. The sun and moon have faces which weep at
the at the sadness of the moment.
