^ Who was Saint Denis? ^
According to legend, Denis, Denys, or Dionysius was first converted to Christianity in Athens by the Apostle Paul (though he was born in Italy).
According to legend, Denis, Denys, or Dionysius was first converted to Christianity in Athens by the Apostle Paul (though he was born in Italy).
After Paul's death, Denis was sent
on a mission to Gaul to convert the native pagans to Christianity, accompanied
by two companions, the priest Rusticus and
the deacon Eleutherius.
Denis was soon appointed the first bishop of Paris. The three men were
eventually arrested by the prefect Fescenninus Sisinnius
after orders from the emperor Valerius to
persecute all known Christians.
After refusing to deny their faith,
they were imprisoned, tortured (scourged, racked, thrown to wild beasts, burnt
at the stake), and finally beheaded on the slopes of Montmartre (Paris;
"Mount of Martyrs") around 258 CE. Following the legend, after his
decapitation, Denis picked up his head and walked two miles to his chosen place
of burial, northeast of Paris.
A noblewoman named Catulla
stopped soldiers on their way to throw the bodies into the Seine by offering
them so much wine they fell asleep from drunkenness. She then buried the bodies
in a nearby field and erected a small shrine over their graves.
Stained Glass
Glass colored by mixing pigments
inherently in the glass, by fusing colored metallic oxides onto the glass, or
by painting and baking transparent colors on the glass surface.
Your assignment is to create stained glass using the materials provided by Miss Driver
